Digital Field Instrumentation for Archaeological Excavation and Mapping

用于考古发掘和测绘的数字现场仪器

• 批准号: 9978006
• 负责人: Mark Aldenderfer
• 金额: $ 5.86万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-15 至 2000-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9978006&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Digital; Field; Instrumentation; Archaeological; Excavation

With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Mark Aldenderfer will develop a multiuse system which will allow archaeologists to electronically record a variety of data types in the field and then manipulate, analyze, store, share and publish them without reliance on traditional pen and paper technology. The essential parts of the system consist of a Leica TCR 1107 total station for mapping and survey, software for mapping integration, a Fujitsu 2300 computer with penMap software, Nikon CoolPix 950 digital cameras, field station laptop computers as well as printers and related peripherals. Although many archaeologists currently employ information technology (IT) tools, basic field data collection which is essential to archaeological research, remains firmly in the pre-digital, paper based era. There is good reason for this - paper recordkeeping has withstood the test of time, is reliable, costs relatively little and is easy to use. It can also withstand the environmental extremes in which archaeologists often work. However the limitations are also increasingly clear and these involve difficulties in data integration, dissemination, publishing and archiving. IT tools have the potential to revolutionize these archaeological practices. Dr. Aldenderfer will construct a system which takes disparate types of data - field forms, photographs, archaeological sections and quantitative and qualitative information which results from artifact analysis - and combine them so that they can be used as an analytic whole. He will attempt to develop standards for data recording as well as an easily replicable system amenable to widespread use and will make the information available via the worldwide web. He currently conducts research in Peru and Tibet, and through application in two very different archaeological contexts it should be possible to develop a versatile system. This award will meet several goals. It will provide Dr. Aldenderfer with recording and analysis instrumentation which will facilitate his currently funded NSF supported research. It will also help him to develop a system of more general value and amenable to widespread archaeological use.

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，Mark Aldenderfer博士将开发一个多用途系统，该系统将允许考古学家以电子方式记录现场的各种数据类型，然后在不依赖传统笔和纸技术的情况下操作，分析，存储，共享和发布它们。该系统的主要部分包括一台用于绘图和测量的Leica TCR 1107全站仪、绘图一体化软件、一台装有penMap软件的Fujitsu 2300计算机、Nikon CoolPix 950数码相机、外地站膝上型计算机以及打印机和相关外围设备。虽然许多考古学家目前使用信息技术（IT）工具，但对考古研究至关重要的基本现场数据收集仍然牢牢地停留在数字化之前的纸质时代。这是有充分理由的--纸质记录经受住了时间的考验，可靠，成本相对较低，而且易于使用。它还可以承受考古学家经常工作的极端环境。然而，局限性也日益明显，其中包括数据整合、传播、出版和存档方面的困难。IT工具有可能彻底改变这些考古实践。Aldenderfer博士将构建一个系统，该系统采用不同类型的数据-现场形式，照片，考古切片和定量和定性信息，这些信息来自人工制品分析-并将它们联合收割机结合起来，以便它们可以作为一个分析整体使用。他将努力制定数据记录标准以及一个易于复制、可广泛使用的系统，并将通过万维网提供信息。他目前在秘鲁和西藏进行研究，通过在两个非常不同的考古背景下的应用，应该可以开发一个通用的系统。该奖项将实现几个目标。它将为Aldenderfer博士提供记录和分析仪器，这将有助于他目前资助的NSF支持的研究。这也将有助于他发展一个更普遍的价值和适合广泛的考古使用的系统。