CSBR: Curating the Early Anthropocene Record of circum-Caribbean Animal Biodiversity in the Florida Museum of Natural History

CSBR：在佛罗里达自然历史博物馆策划环加勒比动物生物多样性的早期人类世记录

• 批准号: 1929448
• 负责人: Katherine Emery
• 金额: $ 76.4万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1929448&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSBR; Curating; Early; Anthropocene; Record

An award is made to the University of Florida that will enable The Florida Museum of Natural History Environmental Archaeology Program (FLMNH-EAP) to improve curation of their circum-Caribbean zooarchaeological collections, in part using 3D digitization and genetic methods. These collections include animal remains from archaeological sites across the Southeastern US, Central America, Caribbean, and northern part of South America that represent 14,000 years of human-environment interactions and document the early "anthropocene period," the period dominated by human impact on our world. Central to the FLMNH-EAP collections are the legacy Elizabeth Wing Collections, including more than 800 archaeological site assemblages, representing over three million identified animal specimens. Animal remains from archaeological sites are an essential repository of early anthropocene biodiversity data, recording pre-industrial human-environmental interaction reaching far back into our prehistory. These legacy collections include specimens documenting early human exploitation of now extinct monk seal (Neomonachus), passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) and great auk (Pinguinus impennis), as well as early animal translocation and management both within the Americas (e.g., guinea pigs, Cavia porcellus), and with first European arrival (e.g., rats and cats at En Bas Saline, Haiti, possibly Columbus's first landing site). Equally important, cultural data about human actions linked to these anthropocene biodiversity records inform on human perceptions of the environment and motivations in interacting with environmental resources particularly under conditions of environmental change.The FLMNH-EAP will enhance, digitize, and make accessible their collections of archaeological animal remains and their associated data with a focus on the legacy Wing collection. This project will protect and make available identified anthropocene animal specimens and their data records. Data from these collections bridge a gap between the records of paleontological and neontological biodiversity, providing baselines for the period before historical record-keeping and detailing the complex history of human impact on biodiversity over time. The project team will verify, digitize, and publish through the iDigBio-GBIF biodiversity network a subset of ca. 35,000 catalog comprising more than 300,000 specimens. For select specimens, ancient DNA and chronometric data will provide a record of circum-Caribbean early anthropocene animal biodiversity under human influence. In addition to specimen data, images and 3D models of newly created skeletal specimens will be shared online via the iDigBio web portal and MorphoSource. The project will also engage citizen scientists via Notes from Nature, and will provide training for middle-school science teachers.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.

授予佛罗里达大学的一个奖项将使佛罗里达自然历史博物馆环境考古计划（FLMNH-EAP）能够改善其环加勒比动物考古收藏品的管理，部分使用3D数字化和遗传方法。 这些收藏品包括来自美国东南部、中美洲、加勒比海和南美洲北方地区考古遗址的动物遗骸，代表了14,000年来人类与环境的相互作用，并记录了早期的“第四纪”，这一时期主要是人类对我们世界的影响。 FLMNH-EAP藏品的核心是伊丽莎白翼藏品，包括800多个考古遗址组合，代表了300多万个已鉴定的动物标本。 考古遗址的动物遗骸是早白垩世生物多样性数据的重要储存库，记录了工业化前人类与环境的相互作用，可以追溯到我们的史前。 这些遗产收藏包括记录早期人类对现已灭绝的僧海豹（Neomonachus），旅鸽（Ectopistes migratorius）和大海雀（Pinguinus impennis）的开发利用的标本，以及美洲内部的早期动物转移和管理（例如，豚鼠，Caviaporcellus），以及首次到达欧洲的豚鼠（例如，在海地的恩巴斯盐沼（可能是哥伦布的第一个登陆点）的老鼠和猫。 同样重要的是，与这些新世生物多样性记录有关的人类活动的文化数据，为人类对环境的看法和与环境资源相互作用的动机提供信息，特别是在环境变化的条件下。FLMNH-EAP将加强，维护和提供他们的考古动物遗骸及其相关数据的收藏，重点是遗产Wing收藏。该项目将保护和提供已鉴定的新世动物标本及其数据记录。 这些收集的数据填补了古生物学和新生物学生物多样性记录之间的空白，为保存历史记录之前的时期提供了基线，并详细说明了人类长期以来对生物多样性影响的复杂历史。 项目团队将通过iDigBio-GBIF生物多样性网络验证、验证和发布ca的一个子集。35，000个目录，包括300，000多个标本。 对于选定的标本，古老的DNA和计时数据将提供人类影响下的环加勒比海早中新世动物生物多样性的记录。 除了标本数据，新创建的骨骼标本的图像和3D模型将通过iDigBio门户网站和MorphoSource在线共享。 该项目还将通过自然笔记吸引公民科学家，并将为中学科学教师提供培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。