Workshop on 21st Century Bioarchaeology; Tempe, AZ - October 2019

这是一项资助由亚利桑那州州立大学于2019年10月在亚利桑那州滕佩举办的为期多日的研讨会的提案。研讨会的目标是确定如何促进研究和教育在这一明显的跨学科领域，是假设在社会和行为科学日益突出。生物考古学存在于生物人类学、考古学和社会文化人类学的交叉点。迄今为止，从业人员主要接受了这些分领域之一的培训，临时吸收了更多的信息。 拟议的研讨会将侧重于创建一个跨相关领域的示范课程，同时还定义了邀请生物考古投入的大问题。将深入处理方法学专题的问题领域，特别是与研究设计和分析方法有关的问题领域。讲习班为科学合作提供了一个平台，其成果将有益于那些致力于制定更有效的方法和途径来传播人类学研究成果以促进公众科学认识的人。研讨会的成果将向公众提供。研讨会的讨论将集中在该领域面临的关键问题，包括课程和研究。示例包括：1）在进化理论、社会理论和方法之间确定和实现训练中的理想平衡; 2）如何创造性地和有效地处理骨骼学悖论; 3）大问题和集中的、上下文丰富的研究之间的研究平衡; 4）小样本量的统计方法和整合连续和分类数据;（5）对后代社区的观点进行宣传和敏感性的重要性。生物考古学，深刻的跨学科，已成为一个富有成效的和流行的人类学研究和教学领域。到目前为止，还没有全面考虑课程和研究问题，应解决，以推进该领域，并利用21世纪世纪的发展，从外部人类学，例如，在地球化学，表观遗传学，统计学，公共卫生，和其他物理和社会科学。资金支持旅行费用为一个不同的群体约40名参与者在不同的职业阶段，并从学校的高级研究在滕佩，亚利桑那州。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This is a proposal to fund a multi-day workshop to be hosted by the Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona in October 2019. The goal of the workshop is to identify ways to facilitate research and education in this markedly interdisciplinary field that is assuming increased prominence in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Bioarchaeology exists at the intersection of biological anthropology, archaeology, and socio-cultural anthropology. Practitioners to date have largely been trained in one of these sub-fields, assimilating additional information on an ad hoc basis. The proposed workshop will focus upon creating a model curriculum across the relevant fields, while also defining big picture questions that invite bioarchaeological input. Problematic areas of methodological topics, especially those relating to research design and analytical methods, will receive in-depth treatment. The workshop provides a platform for scientific collaboration, the results of which will benefit those working to develop more effective methodologies and avenues for the dissemination of findings from anthropological research to promote public scientific understanding. Products from the workshop will be made publicly available. Discussion at the workshop will focus on key issues facing the field, both curricular and in research. Examples include: 1) identifying and implementing a desirable balance in training between evolutionary theory, social theory, and methods; 2) how to creatively and effectively deal with the osteological paradox; 3) the research balance between big picture questions and focused, contextually rich research; 4) statistical approaches to small sample sizes and integrating continuous and categorical data; and 5) the importance of outreach and sensitivity to perspectives of descendent communities. Bioarchaeology, profoundly interdisciplinary, has emerged as a productive and popular anthropological research and teaching domain. To date, there has been no encompassing consideration of the curricular and research issues that should be addressed in order to advance the field and to take advantage of 21st century developments from outside anthropology, for example, in biogeochemistry, epigenetics, statistics, public health, and other physical and social sciences. Funds support travel costs for a diverse group of approximately 40 participants in various career stages to and from the School for Advanced Research in Tempe, AZ.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.