US-Jordan Cooperative Research: Archaeological Geophysics in Humayma, Jordan

0243524贝克描述：该奖项是对纽约州立大学(SUNY)布法罗地质学系的格雷戈里·贝克博士和约旦安曼旅游文物部文物部法瓦兹·赫雷舍博士之间的合作项目的支持。他们计划调查地球物理研究工具在考古研究中的应用。测试地点是一座公元4世纪的罗马堡垒及其周边地区，位于约旦的胡马马。该项目的一个目标是将2002年已收集的地球物理数据和2003年将收集的其他数据的解释与2003年和2004年进行的考古发掘结果详细联系起来。计划中的挖掘将集中在地球物理解释清楚显示地下结构的区域以及没有结构迹象的区域。因此，可以确定将近地表地球物理技术应用于遗址考古的第一类和第二类误差的定量计算。该项目的第二个目标是推进融合来自不同地球物理工具的地球物理数据的进程。卫星遥感工具将收集不同波段的数据，以各种方式组合在一起，以生成更好的图像。将进行初步研究，将这一方法转变为一种新的地球物理数据融合方法。将对来自不同地球物理工具的数据进行数学组合，以确定是否可以获得比仅定性地分别组合每个工具的数据所能获得的信息更多的信息。范围：除了国家科学基金会的支持外，加拿大还为考古研究和部分地球物理工作提供支持，而约旦文物部将为其工作人员收集数据提供支持。该项目提供了一个机会，可以利用来自几个不同来源的资金和资源，实现地球物理学和人类学方面的基础科学目标，并回答有关Humayma地区定居点发展的基本问题。这一结果将对约旦的科学家产生应用和益处。纽约州立大学布法罗分校的三名学生将参加这一国际合作。

0243524Baker Description: This award is for support of a cooperative project between Dr. Gregory Baker, Department of Geology, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and Dr. Fawaz Khraysheh, Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Amman, Jordan. They plan to investigate the application of geophysical research tools in archeological research. The test site is a 4th century Roman Fort and surrounding environs located in Humayma, Jordan. One objective of this project is to correlate in detail the interpretations of geophysical data already collected in 2002, and others to be collected in 2003, with the results of archaeological excavations to be conducted in 2003 and 2004. Planned excavations will focus on areas where geophysical interpretations clearly show subsurface structures as well as areas where there is no indication of structures. Thus, a quantitative calculation of both Type I and Type II errors in the application of near-surface geophysical techniques to archaeology at the site can be determined. The second objective of this project is to advance the process of fusing geophysical data from different geophysical tools. Satellite remote sensing tools will collect different bands of data to be combined in various ways to generate better images. Preliminary research will be conducted to transfer this approach to a new methodology of geophysical data fusion. Data from different geophysical tools will be mathematically combined to determine if more information can be obtained than would be available by only qualitatively combining data from each tool separately. Scope: In addition to support from NSF, support is provided from Canada for the archeological studies and part of the geophysical work, while the Jordanian Department of Antiquities will support their staff member for data collection. The project represents an opportunity to leverage funds and resources from several different sources toward basic science objectives in geophysics and in anthropology, and to answer basic questions about the development of the settlements in the Humayma region. The results will have applications and benefits to scientists in Jordan. Three students at SUNY Buffalo will participate in this international collaboration.