REU: Student Research on the Naco Valley Archaelogical Project Northwestern Honduras

该奖项为以下研究经验提供资金： 凯尼恩大学人类学系本科生网站 学院 该计划旨在提供高度积极的 大学生，特别是女性，有机会发展 他们作为考古领域科学家的技能 在西北部纳科山谷考古项目的范围内 洪都拉斯. 该项目的重点是学生的行为， 重要的独立研究项目，从阐明 最终报告的假设，由现场课堂支持 教育和生活和工作环境， 学生和研究领导者之间的互动很容易，但 紧张 这门课程的学习是建立在 调查人员在与 过去在实地环境中指导本科生， 特别是，在一个NSF-REU现场项目中， 1988年纳科山谷赛季。 最终，该项目的目标是帮助学生从 新手研究助理对初级同事充满信心， 他们做出独立研究决策的能力， 有助于科学知识。 1988年的努力， 当前计划的模式，成功地在 实现这些目标。

This award provides funds for a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site through the Anthropology Department at Kenyon College. The program is designed to provide highly motivated undergraduates, especially women, with the opportunity to develop their skills as archaeological field scientists while working within the context of the Naco Valley Archaeological Project, NW Honduras. The project focuses on student conduct of a significant independent research project, from the enunciation of a hypothesis to final write-up, supported by in-field class instruction and a living and working situation in which interaction among students and research leaders is easy and yet intense. This course of study is founded on the principal investigators considerable experience in collaborating with and instructing undergraduates within field settings in the past and, especially, on an NSF-REU site project which took place during the 1988 Naco Valley season. Ultimately, the goal of the project is to help students grow from neophyte research assistants to junior colleagues confident in their ability to make independent research decisions and contribute to scientific knowledge. The 1988 efforts, which form the model of the current program, were successful in accomplishing these objectives.