REU Site: Multidisciplinary Training for Students in Environmental and Social Sciences through Archaeological Research

这个REU站点将本科生整合到研究中，重点是重建天使丘的环境，文化和时间景观，天使丘是位于俄亥俄河上的密西西比栅栏城镇。REU的目标是为学生提供1)考古、地质考古、地球化学和地球物理学方面的重要实地和实验室培训，包括：挖掘、遥感、动手使用仪器、现代实验室分析以及结果的收集和传播；2)建立将在其整个职业生涯中服务的群体和专业网络的机会；3)参与具有区域和历史意义的项目的机会。该项目将通过形成性评估和总结性评估进行评估。长期成功将通过项目后指导和跟踪REU校友的专业参与来衡量。知识价值：天使丘是一个国家历史地标，在史前晚期中西部的社会政治和人口动态中占有突出地位。这个地方是俄亥俄河谷上游最远的密西西比城镇，和它的姐妹城市黑底的金凯德和美国底的卡霍基亚一样，它的定居是该地区主要的社会政治和人口重组。与其他遗址不同，它的年代、发展历史以及在当地聚落和生态系统中的位置都不太清楚。使用多学科的方法和教学，REU的本科生将接受培训，以研究围绕人为的景观转变，中世纪温暖和小冰河期的环境变化，以及当地和区域的战争和人口模式的问题。由于天使丘的大部分挖掘都发生在wpa时代，因此一些空白也将通过重新分析GBL策划的遗产收藏品来填补。此外，有针对性的地球物理调查、固体土取心和选择性的新挖掘将用于将早期的、不太严格收集的数据进行背景化和现代化。作为REU网站的一部分，学生通过定向研究进行这些调查。通过以下几个方面考察了遗址和区域的发展演变：1)土方施工事件，2)区域古环境重建，3)栅栏施工的时间和关系，4)探测到的街区挖掘。以确定它们与中世纪温暖时期的定居点增长和小冰河期的村庄废弃之间的年代关系。从这个角度来看，拟议的项目同时解决了天使丘的景观和建筑环境。REU学生参与项目的每个阶段，从研究设计和数据收集到实验室分析，档案研究和解释。更广泛的影响：考古研究已经从典型的多年现场测试发展到更有针对性的研究项目，这些研究项目有更精确的问题，并建立在积累的知识体系之上的多学科研究团队。天使丘REU创造了这样一个研究环境。积极招收自然科学和社会科学领域的优秀学生以及STEM研究机会有限的机构的优秀学生，并鼓励他们申请该项目。鉴于印第安人在考古学中的代表性不足，通过现存的、以iupui为基础的关系，积极招收来自后代社区的学生。通过轮换的现场项目来回答特定的问题，并重新分析现有的收藏品，天使丘REU准备学生进行有针对性的项目，同时依靠传统和最先进的领域和实验室方法。项目参与者需要在会议上展示他们的研究成果，比如中西部考古会议（MAC）。学生还将在调查报告（GBL-ROI）系列中发表他们的研究报告。

This REU site integrates undergraduates into research focused on reconstructing the environmental, cultural and temporal landscapes of Angel Mounds, a palisaded Mississippian town located on the Ohio River. The REU objectives are to provide students with 1) significant field and laboratory training in archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry and geophysics, including: excavation, remote sensing, hands-on use of instruments, modern laboratory analyses, and the assembly and dissemination of results, 2) an opportunity to build cohort and professional networks that will serve them throughout their careers, and 3) an opportunity to participate in a project of regional and historical significance. The project will be evaluated by formative and summative assessments. Long-term success will be measured with post-program mentoring and tracking of the professional engagement of REU alumni.Intellectual Merit: Angel Mounds is a National Historic Landmark that figured prominently in the late prehistoric socio-political and population dynamics of the Midwest. The site is the furthest upstream Mississippian town in the Ohio Valley and, like its sister sites Kincaid in the Black Bottom and Cahokia in the American Bottom, its settlement was a major socio-political and population reorganization for the area. Unlike these other sites, its chronology, developmental history, and place within the local settlement and ecological systems are less well understood. Using multidisciplinary methods and instruction, REU undergraduates will be trained to examine questions surrounding anthropogenic transformation of the landscape, environmental change during the Medieval Warm and Little Ice Age, and local and regional patterns of warfare and demography. Because most excavation at Angel Mounds occurred during the WPA-era, some gaps will also be filled via reanalysis of legacy collections curated at the GBL. In addition, targeted geophysical survey, solid-earth coring and selective new excavation will be used to contextualize and modernize the earlier, less rigorously collected data. Students undertake these investigations through directed research as part of the REU Site. The development and evolution of the site and region are examined through: 1) earthwork construction episodes, 2) paleoenvironmental reconstruction for region, 3) the timing and relationship of palisade construction, and 4) the excavation of detected ?neighborhoods? on site to determine their chronological association with settlement growth during the Medieval Warm and village abandonment during the Little Ice Age. From this perspective, the proposed project simultaneously addresses the landscape and built environment of Angel Mounds. The REU students participate in every phase of the project from research design and data collection to laboratory analyses, archival research, and interpretation.Broader Impacts: Archaeological research has evolved from the prototypical multiyear site exams to more targeted research projects with refined questions and multidisciplinary research teams that build upon the accumulated body of knowledge. The Angel Mounds REU creates such a research environment. Talented students from the natural and social sciences and institutions with limited STEM research opportunities are actively recruited and encouraged to apply to the program. Given the underrepresentation of Native Americans in archaeology, recruitment of students from descendant communities are actively pursued through extant, IUPUI-based relationships. With rotating on-site projects designed to answer specific questions and the reanalysis of extant collections, the Angel Mounds REU prepares students to conduct targeted projects that rely simultaneously on traditional and state of the art field and laboratory methods. Project participants are expected to present the results of their research projects at conferences, such as Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC). Students will also publish their research reports in the Report of Investigations (GBL-ROI) series.