REU Site: Reviving the Past: Undergraduate Research Program in Biocultural Anthropology

该奖项为圣母大学生物文化人类学田野学院提供资金。该项目将吸引一批有才华的本科生在体验学习环境中学习，让他们沉浸在人类学方法和理论中。以耶路撒冷大量拜占庭圣斯蒂芬的骨骼收藏品作为研究的基石，历史和考古信息将在古代修道院生活的生物文化重建中综合起来。学生将从事原创性研究，以发展一套科学的方法论技能，并增强他们的合作研究能力。他们将分享实地考察计划，前往研究地点、图书馆、博物馆和一座正常运作的修道院，以了解影响人类适应能力的文化参数。探索与考古政治、文物处理和遣返相关的伦理问题，将把重点放在科学伦理上，这是未来研究工作的重要基础。最后，一个由人类学、生物学、历史、古典文学、地理学、神学和近东研究领域的国际学者组成的动态讲座将阐明整体方法研究过去的重要性。生物文化实地学校将提供一种智力上充满活力的学习体验，这将为参与者配备一套观看周围环境的人才。当学生进入自然科学和社会科学的研究生或专业生涯时，实用研究技能、伦理探究和观察人类互动的学科范式的综合将被证明是有用的。该奖项有助于基金会通过积极的本科生研究经验吸引有才华的学生进入科学职业生涯。

This award provides funds for a Field School in Biocultural Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. The program will engage a diverse pool of talented undergraduates in an experiential learning environment that immerses them in anthropological method and theory. Using the large Byzantine St. Stephen's skeletal collection from Jerusalem as the cornerstone for study, historical and archaeological information will be synthesized in a biocultural reconstruction of ancient monastic life. Students will engage in original research to develop a suite of methodological skills in the sciences and enhance their capability for collaborative research. They will share in a field trip program to area research sites, libraries, museums, and a functioning monastery to gain an understanding of the cultural parameters affecting human adaptability. Exploration of ethical issues related to the politics of archaeology, treatment of artifacts, and repatriation will focus attention on scientific ethics, an important foundation for future research endeavors. Finally, a dynamic lecture program delivered by an international team of scholars in the fields of anthropology, biology, history, classics, geography, theology, and Near Eastern studies will crystallize the importance of a holistic approach for studying the past. The biocultural field school will provide an intellectually energizing learning experience, which will equip participants with a suite of talents for viewing their surroundings. The integration of practical research skills, ethical inquiry, and the synthesis of disciplinary paradigms for viewing human interaction will prove useful as students move into graduate or professional careers in the natural and social sciences.This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attracttalented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.