Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Resource Production and Environmental Degradation in Jordan

博士论文改进补助金:约旦的资源生产和环境退化

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    1347658
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 1.52万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
  • 财政年份:
    2014
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2014-01-01 至 2014-12-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

The human impact on marginal environments is a deep-time challenge that has especially affected societies in the Middle East during the past 3,500 years. In particular, the impact of ancient pollution on food systems and human health is poorly understood. To address this, Kyle Knabb will analyze ancient soil samples collected from agricultural terraces during the 2011 season of fieldwork of the UC San Diego Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project in southern Jordan, under PI Prof. Thomas Levy. The Faynan valley is located in a hyper-arid desert zone approximately 50 km southeast of the Dead Sea, at an elevation of roughly 200 meters above sea level. The Faynan valley is also the largest natural resource zone rich in copper ore, and home to one of the most prominent Iron Age and Roman (1200 BCE - 400 CE) settlements, where agricultural crops and copper was produced at a massive scale. Because this site was continuously occupied over this 1600 year period, it provides an ideal case study to examine the human impact on the environment. Mr. Knabb's research will use cutting-edge laboratory techniques, such as luminescence dating, mass spectrometry, and isotope analysis, to measure the timing and the extent of environmental pollution that resulted from hundreds of years of industrial copper smelting. The geo-science laboratory work is supervised by Prof. Yigal Erel of the Hebrew University Institute of Earth Sciences.Some of the most significant political and economic developments in the history of human societies took place in arid, marginal environments. Such development often permanently altered the character of these fragile landscapes. Environmental degradation, especially heavy metal pollution, is a poignant example of the deleterious effects that large-scale production can have on an environment. This project will contribute to anthropological and archaeological knowledge about the relationship between industrial-scale resource production and environmental degradation. In particular, it will lead to a better understanding of the spread of environmental pollution and the potential impacts of ancient pollution on the environment and to humans. The project also seeks to make a broader impact beyond the archaeological research. An essential element of this project is interdisciplinary collaboration with domestic and international institutions. This will include travel to Israel for Mr. Knabb's graduate student training and laboratory work, enhancing interaction between archaeology and geo-science disciplines and international partnerships between the UC San Diego Department of Anthropology and the Hebrew University Institute of Earth Sciences. Collaboration will also lead to joint publication in cross-disciplinary journals. Furthermore, this research supports multi-disciplinary approaches to discovering our human past through geophysical, geochemical, archaeological, and geographical methods. The research will be an important step towards a better understanding of the history of environmental pollution in the Middle East. In doing so, this project will increase knowledge about the potential health and environmental consequences that ancient and modern mining can have.
人类对边缘环境的影响是一个长期的挑战,在过去的3,500年里,特别影响了中东的社会。特别是,人们对古代污染对粮食系统和人类健康的影响知之甚少。为了解决这个问题,凯尔Knabb将分析从农业梯田收集的古代土壤样本在2011年季节的实地考察加州大学圣地亚哥以东低地地区考古项目在约旦南部,根据PI教授托马斯利维。Faynan山谷位于死海东南约50公里的超干旱沙漠地带,海拔约200米。费南山谷也是最大的自然资源区,富含铜矿,是铁器时代和罗马(公元前1200年-公元400年)最著名的定居点之一,在那里大规模生产农作物和铜。由于该遗址在这1600年的时间里一直被占用,它为研究人类对环境的影响提供了一个理想的案例研究。Knabb先生的研究将使用尖端的实验室技术,如发光测年、质谱和同位素分析,来测量数百年来工业炼铜造成的环境污染的时间和程度。地球科学实验室的工作由希伯来大学地球科学研究所的Yigal Erel教授指导。人类社会历史上一些最重要的政治和经济发展都发生在干旱的边缘环境中。这种开发往往永久地改变了这些脆弱景观的特征。环境退化,特别是重金属污染,是大规模生产可能对环境产生有害影响的一个尖锐例子。该项目将有助于人类学和考古学对工业规模资源生产与环境退化之间关系的了解。特别是,它将导致更好地了解环境污染的蔓延以及古代污染对环境和人类的潜在影响。该项目还寻求在考古研究之外产生更广泛的影响。该项目的一个基本要素是与国内和国际机构进行跨学科合作。这将包括前往以色列进行Knabb先生的研究生培训和实验室工作,加强考古学和地球科学学科之间的互动,以及加州大学圣地亚哥分校人类学系与希伯来大学地球科学研究所之间的国际伙伴关系。合作还将导致在跨学科期刊上联合发表。此外,这项研究支持多学科方法,通过地球物理,地球化学,考古和地理方法发现我们的人类过去。这项研究将是更好地了解中东环境污染历史的重要一步。在这样做的过程中,该项目将增加有关古代和现代采矿可能产生的潜在健康和环境后果的知识。

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Thomas Levy其他文献

Les sociétés chalcolithiques de la Palestine et l'émergence des chefferies
巴勒斯坦铜石协会和厨师协会
  • DOI:
    10.1017/s0003975600005701
  • 发表时间:
    1988
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    0
  • 作者:
    Thomas Levy;A. Holl
  • 通讯作者:
    A. Holl

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{{ truncateString('Thomas Levy', 18)}}的其他基金

Collaborative Research: Levantine geomagnetic field spike: How high, how fast, how far?
合作研究:黎凡特地磁场尖峰:多高、多快、多远?
  • 批准号:
    0944127
  • 财政年份:
    2010
  • 资助金额:
    $ 1.52万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Social Boundaries and Secondary State Formation in Southern Jordan: Modeling Iron Age Settlement Patterns in the Southern Levant
博士论文改进补助金:约旦南部的社会边界和二级国家形成:黎凡特南部铁器时代定居模式的建模
  • 批准号:
    0631220
  • 财政年份:
    2007
  • 资助金额:
    $ 1.52万
  • 项目类别:
    Standard Grant

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