MRI: Acquisition of Instruments for 3D Digital Mapping of Historic Structures and Archaeological Sites

该主要研究仪器奖授予首席研究员Beverly Chiarulli博士和联合首席研究员dr。Scott Moore, Benjamin Ford， Sarah Neusius和Phillip Neusius将购买用于建筑环境数字文档的3D扫描仪系统和用于考古特征地下调查的多阵列探地雷达。单独地，这些仪器创建高质量的高分辨率图像的结构和景观，以及地下考古特征。它们一起使用，可以创建一个地上建筑的数字图书馆，为识别地下考古特征提供一个比较数据库。由于这种共同使用，它们形成了一个完整的系统。这些仪器将被IUP的教师和学生以及我们的合作者以及来自霍华德大学、拉斯维加斯内华达大学和北达科他大学的学生使用。将使用这些仪器的项目包括：Chiarulli博士在宾夕法尼亚州西部的历史墓地项目将使用表面地形的3D地图和站立的墓碑，结合多阵列探地雷达来记录被遗忘的墓地；2. Ford博士对冰冻湖泊中沉船的调查将使用类似失事船只的幸存船只的3D成像，并结合使用多天线探地雷达对安大略湖的冬季调查，记录可能无法进入的沉船，以进行识别和保护；3. 摩尔博士对塞浦路斯特罗多斯山脉彩绘教堂的调查将通过记录这些建筑的建造方式来帮助保存这些教堂的内部和外部装饰，从而增加对拜占庭基督教和农村宗教习俗发展的理解；4. Drs。Chiarulli和Neusius对宾夕法尼亚州西部晚史前村庄的调查将使用多阵列GPR对大型村庄进行快速地下调查，以发现微弱的史前特征，并在没有挖掘的情况下绘制村庄布局地图；5. 摩尔博士和他的合作者将使用3D扫描对地面上的罗马遗址进行成像，以了解塞浦路斯的遗址形成，并结合对整个沿海定居点的多阵列GPR调查，以定义城市的物理布局，并提供数据，以了解这个中型罗马定居点的发展及其在当地和区域贸易中的作用；和6。Drs。Neusius和Ford对19世纪位于宾夕法尼亚州印第安纳县的商业和工业中心Smicksburg的调查将使用3D扫描来创建该时期房屋的数字图书馆，并使用多阵列GPR来产生详细的比较地下信息并记录否则无法访问的遗产资源。虽然这些仪器提供了快速的数据收集，但它们也提供了调查大型地形的能力，因此调查可以超越对单个历史建筑或考古遗址的调查和分析，并对社区和景观进行调查。这些工具的影响超出了它们对初始项目的直接好处。他们将扩大研究者在关键和快速发展的技术方面培训IUP研究生和本科生的能力，并为来自其他三所大学的学生提供使用这些仪器的机会。同样重要的是，该仪器还将确保教师参与者自己保持对先进技术的最新使用，并能够将其纳入他们的课堂和其他研究项目中。

This Major Research Instrumentation award permits Principal Investigator Dr. Beverly Chiarulli and Co-Principal Investigators, Drs. Scott Moore, Benjamin Ford, Sarah Neusius and Phillip Neusius to purchase a 3D Scanner system for digital documentation of the built environment and a Multiple Array Ground Penetrating Radar for below ground surveys of archaeological features. Individually, these instruments create high quality high resolution images of structures and landscapes as well as below ground archaeological features. Used together, they can create a digital library of above ground structures to provide a comparative database for the identification of below ground archaeological features. Because of this joint usage, they form an integrated system. The instruments will be employed by IUP faculty and students and our collaborators and their students from Howard University, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and the University of North Dakota. Among the projects that will use the instruments are: 1. Dr. Chiarulli's project on historic cemeteries in western Pennsylvania will use 3D mapping of surface topography and standing gravestones in combination with the Multiple Array GPR to record forgotten grave sites; 2. Dr. Ford's investigation of shipwrecks in frozen lakes will use 3D imaging of surviving ships similar to wrecked vessels combined with winter surveys of Lake Ontario using the multiple antenna GPR to record otherwise potentially inaccessible shipwrecks for identification and protection; 3. Dr. Moore's survey of painted churches in the Troodos Mountains, Cyprus will aid in the preservation of the interior and exterior decoration of these churches by documenting the manner of construction of these buildings for an increased understanding of Byzantine Christianity and the development of rural religious practices; 4. Drs. Chiarulli and Neusius' investigation of Late Prehistoric Villages in western Pennsylvania will use the multiple array GPR for rapid below ground survey of large villages to discover faint prehistoric features and develop maps of village layouts without excavation; 5. Dr. Moore and his collaborators' will use 3D scanning to image above ground Roman ruins to understand site formation in Cyprus combined with a Multiple Array GPR survey of the entire coastal settlement for to the definition of the city's physical layout and provide the data to understand the development of this midsized Roman settlement and its role in local and regional trade; and 6. Drs. Neusius and Ford's Survey of Smicksburg, a 19th Century Commercial and Industrial Center in Indiana County, Pennsylvania will use 3D scanning to create a digital library of houses from this period and the multiple array GPR to produce detailed comparative subsurface information and record otherwise inaccessible heritage resources. While the instruments provide rapid data collection, they also provide the capability to survey large landforms so investigations can move beyond the survey and analysis of single historic buildings or archaeological sites and conduct surveys of communities and landscapes. The impact of these instruments extends beyond their direct benefits to the initial projects. They will expand the investigator's ability to train IUP graduate and undergraduate students in critical and rapidly developing technologies as well as give students from three other universities opportunities to use the instruments. No less significant, the instrumentation would also ensure that the faculty participants themselves remain current in the use of advanced technology and will be able to incorporate it into their classes and other research projects.