Undergraduate Field and Laboratory Equipment Improvement

这所大学是美国为数不多的拥有考古学系的大学之一。因此，它能够提供在其他大学难以获得的课程集中。活跃的教师代表了该领域的许多方面，他们都致力于促进科学在考古学中的应用。虽然工作人员有一个现代化的方法，该部门缺乏设备，使其无法提供最新的科学方法。目前正在利用资金购买设备，以改善这一问题，并扩大对提高考古学本科教学质量至关重要的几门课程。 有关课程指导学生了解科学和科学方法应用于考古问题的作用。设备用于四门课程，包括实地和讲座/实验室部分：系实地学校与遥感、地质考古学和陆地材料微形态学课程。 该系正在集中研究地质考古学。除了地质考古学课程外，还增加了微形态学及其在考古问题中的应用课程。微形态学是地质考古学中一个较新的分支学科。本课程的独特之处在于它明确旨在推进这种科学技术在考古问题中的应用。直到最近，资源还不足以教一个甚至只有10名学生的小班。为了提高仪器与学生的比例，该项目将购买双筒显微镜和岩相显微镜以及教学辅助设备，如摄像机和监视器，以培训学生进行科学观察和解释。

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.