Solid-Sample Inorganic Analysis Facilities for Archaeological Research at IIRMES, CSULB

IIRMES、CSULB 考古研究固体样品无机分析设施

• 批准号: 0604712
• 负责人: Hector Neff
• 金额: $ 15.43万
• 依托单位: California State University-Long Beach Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0604712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Solid; Sample; Inorganic; Analysis; Facilities

A team of archaeological scientists at the Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments, and Societies (IIRMES), California State University Long Beach (CSULB) will use NSF funding to expand the use of solid-sample characterization techniques in archaeology. IIRMES analytical instruments include a scanning electron microscope with x-ray detectors, two inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP-MS), a laser-ablation (LA) system attached to the ICP-MS, and instruments for luminescence dating of archaeological artifacts. These instruments are useful in the investigation of ancient technology, artifact source determination and investigation of trade relations, investigation of ancient human population movements, and dating. NSF funding for IIRMES will support the use of these analytical resources by archaeologists from across the US and abroad This project builds on a model of shared analytical resources that has served archaeology well during the past two decades. In this model, the NSF Archaeometry Program partially funds labs with demonstrated long-term commitments to collaborative archaeological research. With the NSF subsidy, analysis costs are much more affordable for academic researchers, so that it becomes practical to plan analytical efforts involving sample sizes large enough to address significant archaeological questions. NSF funding of the IIRMES lab will be used (1) to subsidize analytical costs for collaborating researchers from the US and abroad, who will send samples to IIRMES for analysis (2) to fund visiting researchers from the US and abroad, who will visit the lab and obtain hands-on training in using LA-ICP-MS and other techniques in their research; and (3) to work toward improved precision in solid-sample elemental and isotopic characterization and dosimetry for luminescence dating.While this project is designed to broaden access by archaeologists to analytical techniques, it is also designed to foster innovation and to promote training in archaeological science. Applications for the visiting researcher program will be judged partly on their novelty and the likelihood that they may open new avenues of archaeological research. The program is open to all academic levels, from undergraduate students through senior scholars, from the US or foreign countries. It is anticipated that many of the visiting researchers will be individuals working on MA and Ph.D. thesis projects. Through their work at IIRMES, student participants will carry a better understanding of analytical techniques and methods into their future careers as professional archaeologists.The project will also have important impacts locally on the research and education environment at CSULB, a designated minority-serving institution in the heart of the largest urban area on the west coast. CSULB graduate and undergraduate students will carry out sample preparation and analysis on subsidized projects, and they will work closely with visiting researchers. Advanced students will use IIRMES instruments in class research projects and in their own thesis projects, some of which will likely grow out of collaborations with visiting researchers. In addition, CSULB students across the sciences will benefit from the opportunity to use state-of-the-art analytical instruments in research projects that integrate knowledge and techniques from archaeology, anthropology, geology, biology, chemistry, and other disciplines.Finally, once the original researchers have published their own reports of the archaeometric research undertaken at IIRMES, the analytical data will be published on the IIRMES website.

加州州立大学长滩（CSULB）材料、环境和社会综合研究所（IIRMES）的一组考古科学家将利用NSF的资金扩大固体样品表征技术在考古学中的应用。IIRMES分析仪器包括一个带有X射线探测器的扫描电子显微镜、两个电感耦合等离子体质谱仪（ICP-MS）、一个连接到ICP-MS的激光消融（LA）系统以及用于考古文物发光测年的仪器。这些仪器可用于调查古代技术、确定人工制品来源和调查贸易关系、调查古代人口流动和年代测定。美国国家科学基金会对IIRMES的资助将支持来自美国和国外的考古学家使用这些分析资源。该项目建立在一个共享分析资源的模型上，该模型在过去二十年中为考古学提供了很好的服务。在这种模式下，NSF考古计划部分资助实验室，并证明长期致力于合作考古研究。有了NSF的补贴，学术研究人员的分析成本更容易负担得起，因此计划分析工作变得实际，涉及足够大的样本量来解决重大的考古问题。美国国家科学基金会对IIRMES实验室的资助将用于（1）补贴来自美国和国外的合作研究人员的分析费用，他们将把样品送到IIRMES进行分析（2）资助来自美国和国外的访问研究人员，他们将访问实验室并获得在研究中使用LA-ICP-MS和其他技术的实践培训;（3）致力于提高固体样品元素和同位素表征以及发光测年剂量测定的精度。该项目旨在拓宽考古学家对分析技术的使用，同时也旨在促进创新和促进考古科学的培训。访问研究员计划的申请将部分取决于他们的新奇和他们可能开辟考古研究新途径的可能性。该计划是开放给所有学术水平，从本科生通过高级学者，从美国或外国。预计许多访问研究人员将是从事硕士和博士研究的个人。论文项目通过在IIRMES的工作，学生参与者将更好地理解分析技术和方法，并将其带入未来的职业生涯，成为专业考古学家。该项目还将对CSULB的研究和教育环境产生重要影响，CSULB是西海岸最大城市中心的指定少数民族服务机构。CSULB研究生和本科生将对资助项目进行样品制备和分析，他们将与访问研究人员密切合作。高级学生将在课堂研究项目和自己的论文项目中使用IIRMES仪器，其中一些可能会与访问研究人员合作。此外，CSULB学生跨学科将受益于机会使用国家的最先进的分析仪器在研究项目中，整合知识和技术，从考古学，人类学，地质学，生物学，化学，和其他学科.最后，一旦原始研究人员发表了自己的考古研究报告在IIRMES进行，分析数据将在IIRMES网站上发布.