US Egypt Cooperative Research: Capacity building for space-based archaeological prospection management and training tools

美埃合作研究：天基考古勘探管理和培训工具的能力建设

• 批准号: 1103878
• 负责人: Sarah Parcak
• 金额: $ 10.47万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1103878&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Egypt; Cooperative; Research; Capacity

1103878 This project supports a cooperative research project by Dr. Sarah Parcak, U. of Alabama at Birmingham in collaboration with Dr. Elsayed Zaghloul, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt. They plan to conduct archaeology, geological, and remote sensing exploration in the el-Lisht region of Egypt. The purpose is to leverage the scientific capabilities of each participant, and aid in training both US and Egyptian students in archaeology, geology, and remote sensing. The PIs aim to start a long-term archaeological and geological research in the el-Lisht region, which will be used as a base for various forms of training for student and scientist participants. They will develop plans for extensive future scientific collaborations between UAB and NARSS, as well as Egypt?s Supreme Council for Egyptian Antiquities (SCA). The project increases the capacity of the SCA to carry out its mission to safeguard Egypt?s cultural heritage via training and data sharing. The work will also increase our archaeological knowledge and understanding of ancient Egypt, as well as providing enhanced tools for conserving Egypt?s cultural heritage. This project will focus on two distinct but interrelated areas of research: the satellite remote sensing of the archaeology of ancient Egypt, and archaeological and geological explorations in the el-Lisht region. The satellite remote sensing research will answer broader questions about settlements and settlement patterns across Egypt, while the el-Lisht project will apply preliminary results from the UAB-NARSS partnership for a long term project. Intellectual Merit: The project findings will test which settlement models can best be applied to understand how individuals and circumstances influenced change and organization at multiple levels in ancient Egypt, based on project results from the el-Lisht region. Archaeologists have not yet located the Middle Kingdom capital city of It-towy, but the collaborative work between UAB and NARSS could potentially locate at least a portion of the ancient city. Different models for understanding settlements may work depending on the time period and landscape in question. The field research and SRS results from this proposal will illuminate spatial organization on macro- and micro-scales, focusing on anthropogenic and natural landscape changes. The project will also redress the Egyptological bias towards monumental remains and will diversify current approaches towards understanding Egyptian civilization and survey. The research is transformative because its settlement data has not previously been available to test settlement models across large areas and indeed recreate ancient landscape experiences. It will also define a new landscape survey methodology for Egyptian archaeology. The project leverages the strengths of the two collaborating parties from the United States and Egypt, where each partner will contribute equally to the remote sensing, archaeological, and geological analyses.Broader impacts: The validation of project results will be tested against known archaeological data in collaboration with international Egyptology colleagues. Educational activities are an integral part of the research agenda, including K-12 education and outreach, undergraduate and graduate student mentoring, and a strong emphasis on the education and training of underrepresented minorities. This is particularly true for the US and Egyptian student participants. Educational activities and collaborations will include NASA in the US and the Supreme Council for Antiquities in Egypt. The authors are working on disseminating their information, and their work will feature in a forthcoming BBC documentary. The results of their survey (field and satellite-based) should also refine "site" boundaries, important for legal protection of archaeological sites in Egypt. The efforts to attract minority undergraduate and graduate students are particularly impressive. Many educational activities are an integral part of the research agenda, including K-12 education, and undergraduate and graduate student mentoring.

1103878 该项目支持了一个由美国科学院的莎拉·帕卡克博士合作的研究项目。与埃及开罗国家遥感和空间科学管理局的Elsayed Zaghloul博士合作，在伯明翰举行了亚拉巴马大学地球物理系的第一次讲习班。 他们计划在埃及的el-Lisht地区进行考古，地质和遥感勘探。其目的是利用每个参与者的科学能力，并帮助培训美国和埃及学生在考古学，地质学和遥感。这些项目的目标是在el-Lisht地区开始长期的考古和地质研究，该地区将被用作学生和科学家参与者各种形式培训的基地。他们将为UAB和NARSS以及埃及之间未来广泛的科学合作制定计划。埃及文物最高理事会（SCA）。该项目增加了SCA执行其保护埃及使命的能力？通过培训和数据共享来保护文化遗产。这项工作还将增加我们的考古知识和对古埃及的了解，并为保护埃及提供更好的工具。的文化遗产。 该项目将侧重于两个不同但相互关联的研究领域：古埃及考古学的卫星遥感和el-Lisht地区的考古学和地质勘探。卫星遥感研究将回答有关埃及各地定居点和定居模式的更广泛问题，而el-Lisht项目将把UAB-NARSS伙伴关系的初步结果应用于长期项目。智力优势：该项目的研究结果将测试哪些定居模型可以最好地应用于了解个人和环境如何影响古埃及多层次的变化和组织，基于el-Lisht地区的项目结果。考古学家还没有找到中王国的首都It-towy，但UAB和NARSS之间的合作可能至少找到古城的一部分。 不同的时期和景观不同，理解定居点的不同模式可能会奏效。该提案的实地研究和SRS结果将阐明宏观和微观尺度的空间组织，重点是人为和自然景观变化。该项目还将纠正考古学对纪念性遗迹的偏见，并将使目前了解埃及文明和调查的方法多样化。这项研究是变革性的，因为它的定居数据以前没有用于测试大面积的定居模型，并确实重现了古代的景观体验。它还将为埃及考古学确定一种新的景观调查方法。 该项目利用了美国和埃及两个合作方的优势，双方将在遥感、考古和地质分析方面做出同等贡献。更广泛的影响：项目结果的验证将与国际考古学同事合作，根据已知的考古数据进行测试。教育活动是研究议程的一个组成部分，包括K-12教育和推广，本科生和研究生辅导，以及对教育和培训代表性不足的少数民族的强烈强调。这对美国和埃及的学生参与者来说尤其如此。教育活动和合作将包括美国国家航空航天局和埃及最高文物理事会。作者们正在努力传播他们的信息，他们的工作将在即将出版的BBC纪录片中播出。 他们的调查结果（实地和卫星）还应确定“遗址”的界限，这对埃及考古遗址的法律的保护十分重要。 吸引少数民族本科生和研究生的努力尤其令人印象深刻。 许多教育活动是研究议程的一个组成部分，包括K-12教育，本科生和研究生指导。