REU Site: Exploring Globalization through Archaeology

该项目由SBE理事会的本科生研究经验（REU）站点计划资助。通过考古探索全球化REU是一个为期八周的国际暑期项目，旨在让学生获得人类学考古学和法医考古学多学科领域的研究和技术技能，并为毕业后的研究生学习或就业做好准备。国际经验对于培养具有全球竞争力的劳动力至关重要，该项目将吸引来自不同地区和经历的学生进行研究，旨在探索现代全球化的历史和发展及其对人类社会的影响。该项目旨在：1)让未被充分代表的少数民族、妇女和退伍军人接触到国际环境下的科学研究；2)让学生了解制定和设计科研项目以及收集实地和实验室数据以解决科研问题的过程；3)培养学生？通过向专业和普通观众介绍他们的科学发现，书面和口头的沟通技巧；4)鼓励学生以团队合作和个人合作的方式进行科学研究；5)鼓励学生在科学相关领域继续深造或就业。通过考古学探索全球化REU网站以团队为基础的学习体验为模式，学生将在团队中使用人类学考古学和法医考古学的尖端技术和标准方法来收集和分析数据，以回答有关现代全球化的问题。学生将参与对景观、建筑、物质文化和人类骨骼生物学的科学研究、分析和解释，从而更广泛地了解人类对全球化的反应。通过结合来自家庭、农业、军事、殡仪馆和机构场所的证据，学生将通过多种证据线来研究全球化，这些证据反映了人们对全球化所带来的社会变化的不同经历和反应。像这个REU网站这样的国际项目，为学生提供了与来自不同地区和经验的个人和机构接触的机会，促进了参与全球竞争劳动力所需技能的发展。学生将在合作团队中工作，同时进行个人研究项目，并由专业考古学家和法医考古学家直接指导。学生将接受考古和法医考古领域和实验室方法、物质文化鉴定、编目、策展、数字制图、地球物理学、历史研究和3D虚拟可视化方面的培训。在整个项目中，参与者将被要求为不同的受众准备有关其研究项目的科学报告，以及博客和社交媒体帖子以及口头和视频演示。在实地和实验室阶段之后，学生将在专业会议上展示他们的研究成果，并在专业期刊和其他场所发表他们的研究成果。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. The Exploring Globalization through Archaeology REU is an international eight-week summer program designed for students to acquire research and technical skills in the multidisciplinary fields of anthropological archaeology and forensic archaeology, and to prepare them for graduate study or employment following graduation. International experience is critical to the development of a globally competitive workforce, and this project will engage students with people from different locales and experiences in research designed to explore the history and development of modern globalization along with its impacts on human societies. The project seeks to: 1) expose underrepresented ethnic and racial minorities, women, and veterans to scientific research in an international setting; 2) expose students to the processes of formulating and designing scientific research projects and gathering field and laboratory data to address scientific research questions; 3) develop students? communication skills, both written and verbal, through presentation of their scientific findings to professional and general audiences; 4) encourage students to undertake scientific research while working in teams as well as individually; and 5) encourage students to pursue further education or career opportunities in science-related fields. The Exploring Globalization through Archaeology REU site is modeled as a team-based learning experience where students will work in teams using cutting-edge technologies and standard methodologies from anthropological archaeology and forensic archaeology to collect and analyze data that answer questions about modern globalization. Students will be involved in the scientific study, analysis, and interpretation of landscapes, architecture, material culture, and human skeletal biology leading to a broader understanding of the range of human responses to globalization. By incorporating evidence from domestic, agricultural, military, mortuary, and institutional sites, students will examine globalism through multiple lines of evidence reflecting the diverse experiences and responses of people to the societal changes wrought by globalization. International projects, like this REU Site, provide students opportunities to engage with individuals and institutions from different locales and experiences facilitating the development of skills necessary to participate in a globally competitive workforce. Students will work in collaborative teams while pursuing individual research projects and be directly mentored by professional archaeologists and forensic archaeologists. Students will receive training in archaeological and forensic archaeological field and laboratory methodologies, material culture identification, cataloging, curation, digital mapping, geophysics, historical research, and 3D virtual visualizations. Throughout the project, participants will be tasked to prepare scientific reports on their research projects as well as blog and social media posts and oral and video presentations for a diverse set of audiences. Following the field and laboratory phases, students will present their research at a professional conference and pursue publishing their research in professional journals and other venues.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.