REU Site: Archaeological Investigations of Colonial Maryland

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。它具有科学和社会效益，并将研究和教育结合起来。REU网站是马里兰州玛丽学院和马里兰州考古保护实验室（MAC实验室）之间的合作。REU和正在进行的研究的目标是为本科生提供考古学经验，包括最新的科学和方法学方法，以考古实地考察，文物策展，材料分析，策展解释和公众参与学术内容。这个REU将产生对马里兰州历史的原始研究，并可能重新集中在17和18世纪的切萨皮克的经济和政治动态的主导认识。该研究将调查乡村庄园是否在殖民时代通过引导该地区的社会经济关系而成为马里兰州的社会经济基础，以及其居民是否不依赖于发展中的城市中心。该项目超越了传统的17和18世纪遗址研究，强调第一个定居点和重要人物，如托马斯杰斐逊和乔治华盛顿的房地产调查前西阿什科姆房地产。这个REU建立在马里兰州的25年作为国家的公共荣誉学院的圣玛丽学院。这种区别包括学生驱动的研究和与教师合作的传统，符合REU计划的使命。REU项目将提供考古和博物馆实践领域的全面培训，这些领域通常不适合本科生。通过利用和指导学生在最新的技术（例如，无人机使用和摄影测量）、实地方法和实验室程序，参与者将获得考古藏品生成（即挖掘）、护理（保护和管理）和分析（材料表征和编目）各个阶段的经验。12名学生将被招募参加为期8周的夏季研究计划，每隔一年提供一次，共三次。这一交替时间表允许根据年度评估和评价改进方案内容和结构。REU将针对学生在他们的学术生涯早期，特别是那些来自代表性不足的人口和社区学院有兴趣获得实践领域和实验室技能。学生将参加位于Cremona Estate的West Ashcom的考古发掘，在MAC实验室获得藏品管理和保护方面的培训，并在SMCM博物馆研究实验室进行创新的文化材料表征。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为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来支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and integrates research and education. The REU site is a collaboration between St. Mary’s College of Maryland and the Maryland Archeological Conservation Lab (MAC Lab). The goals of the REU and ongoing research is to provide undergraduates experiences in archaeology including the latest scientific and methodological approaches to archaeological fieldwork, artifact curation, materials analysis, curatorial interpretation and public engagement with scholarly content. This REU will generate original research on Maryland history and likely refocus the dominant understanding of economic and political dynamics in the Chesapeake in the 17th and 18th centuries. The study will investigate whether country estates served as the socio-economic foundation of Maryland during the colonial era by steering socio-economic relations in the region, and that its inhabitants were not dependent on the developing urban centers. This project moves beyond traditional studies of 17th and 18th century sites that emphasize first settlements and the estates of important personages such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington by investigation the former West Ashcom Estate. This REU builds upon St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s 25 years as the state’s Public Honors College. This distinction includes a tradition of student driven research and collaboration with faculty in line with the mission of the REU program. The REU project will provide comprehensive training in areas of archaeological and museum practice frequently unavailable to undergraduates. By utilizing and instructing students in the latest technology (e.g., drone use and photogrammetry), field methods, and laboratory procedures, participants will gain experience in all stages of archaeological collections generation (i.e. excavation), care (conservation and management), and analysis (materials characterization and cataloging). Twelve students will be recruited for an 8-week summer research program, offered every other year for a total of three times. This alternating schedule allows for improvement of program content and structure in light of annual assessment and evaluations. The REU will target students early in their academic career, especially those from underrepresented populations and community colleges interested in gaining practical field and laboratory skills. Students will participate in archaeological excavations at West Ashcom located at Cremona Estate, gain training in collections management and conservation at the MAC Lab, and carry out innovative cultural materials characterization in the SMCM Museum Studies Lab.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.