Undergraduate Field and Laboratory Equipment Improvement

本科生现场和实验室设备改进

• 批准号: 9651492
• 负责人: Paul Goldberg
• 金额: $ 3.99万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-01 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9651492&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Field; Laboratory; Equipment; Improvement

This university is one of the few universities in the United States that has a Department of Archaeology. As such, it is able to provide a concentration of courses that would be difficult to obtain at other universities. An active faculty represents many aspects of the field, and all of them are committed to promoting the use of sciences in archaeology. Whereas the staff has a modern approach, the department's lack of equipment has prevented it from providing the most up-to-date scientific methodologies. Funds are now being used to obtain equipment that would ameliorate this problem and permit expansion of several courses that are critical to improving the quality of undergraduate instruction in archaeology. The courses in question instruct students about the role of sciences and scientific methods as applied to archaeological problems. Equipment is being used for four courses that include both field and lecture/laboratory components: Department Field Schools in conjunction with a course, Remote Sensing, Geoarchaeology, and Micromorphology of Terrestrial Materials. The department is in the process of developing a concentration in geoarchaeology. In addition to a course in Geoarchaeology, a course in micromorphology and its application to archaeological problems is being added. Micromorphology is a relatively new subdiscipline in geoarchaeology. This course is unique in that it is aimed explicitly at advancing the application of this scientific technique to archaeological problems. Until recently, resources have not been sufficient to teach a small class of even 10 students. To augment the instrument to student ratio, this project will purchase binocular and petrographic microscopes, as well as teaching aids such as a video camera and monitors to train students in scientific observation and interpretation.

这所大学是美国少数几所设有考古系的大学之一。因此，它能够提供其他大学难以获得的集中课程。活跃的教职员工代表了考古学领域的许多方面，他们都致力于促进科学在考古学中的应用。虽然工作人员采取了现代化的方法，但该部缺乏设备，无法提供最新的科学方法。目前正在使用资金来获得设备，以改善这一问题，并允许扩大对提高考古学本科教学质量至关重要的几门课程。这些课程向学生讲授科学和科学方法在考古问题上的作用。设备用于四门课程，包括实地和讲座/实验室部分：系实地学校和一门课程：遥感、地质考古学和陆地材料微形态。该部门正在发展一个专注于地质考古的学科。除地质考古学课程外，还增加了一门微形态及其在考古问题上的应用课程。微形态学是地球考古学中一个相对较新的分支学科。这门课程的独特之处在于，它的明确目标是促进这种科学技术在考古学问题上的应用。直到最近，资源还不足以教授一个即使是10个学生的小班。为了增加仪器与学生的比例，该项目将购买双筒显微镜和岩相显微镜，以及摄像机和监视器等教学辅助设备，以培训学生进行科学观察和解释。