REU Site: The Seneca Village Project: Developing an Archaeological Research Design, Years 2 & 3

该奖项为纽约市立大学城市学院与哥伦比亚大学和纽约历史学会共同开展的考古研究项目提供资金支持。该项目包括对塞内卡村的考古研究，塞内卡村是位于纽约市中央公园的一个19世纪的非裔美国人和爱尔兰移民社区。该项目由四个部分组成。第一项工作包括与一名地球物理学家和遥感设备合作，以确定该村的考古遗迹是否完好无损地保存在地下。第二部分涉及历史研究，旨在确定构成该村的各种建筑和在其中生活和工作的各种人，以及该村三个墓地的位置和范围。第三部分涉及将历史和地球物理数据整合为GIS格式。最后，每位学生将为规划考古发掘创造一个研究设计，以解决与这个19世纪多元文化社区相关的研究问题。该项目每年将有八名本科生参与，他们将在为期八周的项目中专注于村庄的不同部分和不同的历史记录。学生将从属于纽约市考古联盟的学院中选出，即城市大学的学院和社区学院，以及哥伦比亚大学和纽约大学的学院。该奖项有助于基金会继续努力，通过积极的本科研究经历吸引有才华的学生进入科学事业。

This award provides funds for renewed support of an REU Site in archaeology conducted by CUNY City College along with Columbia University and the New York Historical Society. The project consists of the archaeological study of Seneca Village, a 19th-century African-American and Irish immigrant community located in Central Park in New York City. The project is made up of four parts. The first includes working with a geophysicist and remote sensing equipment to ascertain whether or not archaeological remains of the village survive intact in the ground. The second part involves historical research aimed at identifying the various buildings that made up the village and the various people who lived and worked in them as well as the locations and extent of the Village's three cemeteries. The third part involves integrating both the historical and geophysical data into a GIS format. Finally, each student will create a research design for planning archaeological excavations to address a research question related to this 19th-century multi-cultural community. The project will involve eight undergraduate students per year who will focus on different portions of the village and different historical records for the eight week program. Students will be selected from the colleges that belong to the New York City Archaeological Consortium, i.e., the colleges and community colleges of the City University, and the colleges of Columbia and New York Universities. This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attract talented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.