Collaborative Research Spatial Archaeometry: Integrating Spatial Analysis into Archaeological Research

SPARC计划促进在世界各地的考古研究项目中使用空间分析、3D建模、航空和地球物理遥感技术。这些技术和方法的日益可获得性和复杂性深刻影响了考古学家和其他学者的工作方式。考古学家研究的东西--从文物到遗址再到风景--几乎总是有空间成分，几十年来，空间一直被视为考古学研究的中心维度之一。地理空间技术加强发现和解释的能力不仅提供了新的数据，而且创造了处理考古记录的全新手段。通过南太平洋区域资源中心方案，根据同行审查的应用程序挑选寻求探索和实施地理空间技术和方法的高影响力项目。他们的工作是通过与阿肯色大学高级空间技术中心(CAST)、格拉斯哥大学和达特茅斯大学的空间考古专家密切合作来支持的。这些机构的团队共同组成了一个考古学创新地理空间研究和方法中心。CAST、达特茅斯和格拉斯哥的技术专家和研究人员积极促进考古学中的地理空间技术，并与选定的项目合作，提供获得设备、方法和领域专门知识以及强化培训的机会。该方案的目标是：通过向原本无法获得收集和分析这些数据所需的工具或技能的研究人员提供地理空间技术，提高考古项目的研究效率；通过参加实地工作和分析项目直接产生高价值的考古数据，以有效地收集和分析地理空间数据；为寻求在自己的研究中使用地理空间技术的学生和专业人员提供培训机会；促进在考古学中开发新的地理空间方法和应用，并在更广泛的考古界宣传这些创新；支持在数字地理空间数据的存档和出版方面的良好做法和促进创新。来自NSF考古项目的新支持将使SPARC能够继续建设一个越来越引人注目的项目--吸引顶级研究项目；高效--项目工作人员在他们的经验基础上发展；高影响力--因为试点项目在世界各地的研究团队中培养技能；以及创新--通过更广泛的合作带来重大的方法进步。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The SPARC program promotes the use of spatial analysis, 3D modeling, aerial and geophysical remote sensing technologies in archaeological research projects around the world. The increasing availability and sophistication of these technologies and methods profoundly affects how archaeologists and other scholars work. The things archaeologists study - from artifacts to sites to landscapes - almost always have a spatial component and for many decades space has been viewed as one of the central dimensions of archaeological study. The capabilities of geospatial technologies to enhance the discovery and interpretation not only offers new data, but also creates entirely novel means of engaging with the archaeological record. Through the SPARC Program high-impact projects seeking to explore and implement geospatial technologies and methods are selected based on peer reviewed applications. Their work is supported through close collaborations with experts in spatial archaeometry at The University of Arkansas' Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), the University of Glasgow and Dartmouth University. Together, the teams at these institutions form a center for innovative geospatial research and methods in archaeology. Technical experts and research staff at CAST, Dartmouth and Glasgow actively promote geospatial technologies in archaeology, and collaborate with the selected projects, providing access to equipment, methodological and domain expertise, and intensive training.The Program's goals are to: enhance the research productivity of archaeological projects by making geospatial technologies available to researchers who would not otherwise have access to the tools or skills needed to collect and analyze these data; directly generate high value archaeological data by participating in fieldwork and analytical projects to efficiently collect and analyze geospatial data; provide training opportunities for students and professionals seeking to use geospatial techniques in their own research; promote the development of new geospatial methods and applications in archaeology and the visibility of these innovations in the broader archaeological community; and support good practice and promote innovation in archiving and publication of digital geospatial data. The new support from the NSF Archaeometry program will allow SPARC to continue building a program that is increasingly visible - attracting top research projects; efficient - as project staff build on their experience; high impact - as pilot projects build skills in research teams around the world; and innovative - with broader collaborations leading to significant methodological advancements.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.