SGER: Exploratory Research on the Economic Anatomy of Large-Sized east African Taxa

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，卢波博士将前往坦桑尼亚的米库米国家公园，评估一个长期研究项目的可行性。她还将在达累斯萨拉姆会见有关政府官员，讨论获得研究许可的程序，并将与达累斯萨拉姆大学的科学家建立联系。卢波博士是一位考古学家，他对史前人类的生存策略很感兴趣，并希望确定这些群体在不同时间点遵循最佳觅食理论预测的模式的程度。她一直专注于动物的利用，因为在考古遗址中经常保存着猎物的骨头。在她早期的工作中，她了解到必须确定不同物种动物的不同身体部位的营养价值，她已经为肯尼亚的中小型物种收集了这些数据。然而，为更大的同行收集信息是不可能的，而Mikumi保护区提供了这样做的机会。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将为人类群体与环境之间的相互作用以及这种关系如何随着时间的推移而发展提供新的见解。它将提供许多考古学家感兴趣的数据，并将有助于推进一位有前途的年轻科学家的事业。

With National Science Foundation support Dr. Lupo will travel to Mikumi National Park in Tanzania to assess the feasibility of a long term research project. She will also meet with relevant government officials in Dar Es Salaam to discuss the procedure to receive a research permit and will establish contacts with scientists at the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr. Lupo is an archaeologist who is interested in the subsistence strategies of prehistoric peoples and wishes to determine the extent to which such groups, at different points in time, followed patterns predicted by optimum foraging theory. She has focused on utilization of fauna since bones of prey animals are often preserved in archaeological sites. Early in her work she learned that one must determine the nutritional value of different body parts from different species of animals and she has collected such data for small and medium sized species in Kenya. It has not been possible however to collect information for larger counterparts and the Mikumi reserve offers an opportunity to do so. This research is important for several reasons. It will offer new insight into interactions between human groups and their environment and how this relationship developed over time. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists and will assist in advancing the career of a promising young scientist.