The Development of an Archaeological Information System

戴安·蔡斯博士将获得国家科学基金会职业晋升奖，学习计算机科学辅助教学的系统课程，并利用这些知识建立一个计算机化数据库，收集在伯利兹卡拉科尔玛雅考古遗址进行的12个实地调查期间收集的信息。该遗址很重要，因为它提供了对玛雅文明发展顶峰时期的深入了解。由于卡拉科尔项目的时间顺序和参与的个人数量，已经产生了近600个独立的挖掘。随着调查人员对挖掘材料进行专业分析，随着研究范围从城市核心延伸到周边地区，与这些相关的数据继续增长。Caracol的数据不容易移动或共享，调查人员必须来到或安排复制蔡斯博士研究实验室里的信息。在这个项目的第一阶段，蔡斯博士将进行一个精心设计的教育项目。她将与计算机科学家一起学习互联网技术、虚拟环境、地图软件、远程教育和虚拟组织。在研究的第二阶段，她将构建一个原型信息系统，然后扫描并输入卡拉科尔考古数据。预期的结果是整合了大量的考古信息，包括地图和遗址规划，这些信息将以电子方式提供给感兴趣的研究界成员。职业晋升奖，顾名思义，还有第二个功能。它将为蔡斯博士提供必要的时间和工具，以更有效的方式追求她的研究事业。

With a National Science Foundation Career Advancement Award Dr. Diane Chase will pursue a systematic course of assisted instruction in computer sciences and use this knowledge to develop a computerized data base for information collected during twelve field seasons of investigation at the Mayan archaeological site of Caracol which is located in Belize. The site is important because it provides insight into Mayan civilization at the pinnacle of its development. The Caracol project as a result of its chronological duration and the number of individuals involved has yielded almost 600 discrete excavations. The data pertaining to these continues to grow as investigators conduct specialized analyses of excavated materials and as the research extends beyond the city core into the surrounding region. The Caracol data is not easily moved or shared and investigators must come to, or arrange to have copied, information contained within Dr. Chase's research laboratory. In the first stage of this project Dr. Chase will pursue a carefully designed education program. She will work with computer scientists to gain competence in internet technology, virtual environments, mapping software, distance learning and virtual organizations. In the second stage of the research she will construct a prototype information system and then scan and enter the Caracol archaeological data into it. The expected result is the incorporation of a massive body of archaeological information, including maps and site plans which will be electronically available to interested members of the research community. The Career Advancement Award, as its name indicates, will also serve a second function. It will provide Dr. Chase with the necessary time and tools to pursue her research career in a more effective manner.