Student Research on the Naco Valley Archaeological Project, Northwestern Honduras

该奖项提供资金，继续REU计划，这是 旨在提供积极性高的本科生，特别是 妇女和少数民族有机会发展自己的 作为考古领域的科学家， 西北部纳科山谷考古项目的背景 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 本课程的研究是建立在校长 研究人员在与 过去在实地环境中指导本科生， 特别是，在NSF-REU现场项目期间发生的 1988年和1990年纳科山谷赛季。 最终，该项目的目标是帮助学生成长 从新手研究助理到自信的初级同事 在他们的能力，使独立的研究决策， 有助于科学知识。 1988年和1990年的努力， 这是当前计划的模式，成功地 实现这些目标。

This award provides funds to continue an REU program which is designed to provide highly motivated undergraduates, especially women, and minorities 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 Investigator's considerable experience in collaborating with and instructing undergraduates within field settings in the past, and especially, on NSF-REU site projects which took place during the 1988 and 1990 Naco Valley seasons. Ultimately, the goal for 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 and 1990 efforts, which form the model of the current program, were successful in accomplishing these objectives.