Diverse and Sustainable Resource Management in a Salvage Context

救助环境下的多样化和可持续资源管理

• 批准号: 2020465
• 负责人: Lisa Lucero
• 金额: $ 32.3万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2020465&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Diverse; Sustainable; Resource; Management; Salvage

This project will explore how a long term society sustainably farmed for thousands of years without massive deforestation. Preliminary data show that the area under consideration was occupied for over a millenium and that the inhabitants interacted with the environment in such a way so as not to destroy the resources upon which they relied—fertile soils, water, and a forest with diverse flora and fauna. Results will provide strategies for more sustainable resource management globally. This project is comprised of diverse researchers including women and underrepresented minorities, as well as local foremen and field assistants. Students will benefit through gaining research experience, collecting dissertation data, participating in community engagement, and authoring reports and articles. By exploring the hypothesis that people practiced long-term diverse and sustainable practices without deforesting the landscape the team can contribute to devising potential agricultural strategies relevant today. Because the region is slated for agricultural development, this archaeology program will collect as much information as possible before it is plowed away. Analyses will be conducted to assess the three test implications (long-term occupation, diverse subsistence strategies, and use of forest resources) including artifact analyses, AMS C14 dating, settlement distribution, faunal remains, human remains, and micro- and macro-botanicals. The research team will run three concurrent operations to excavate 15 sites over multiple field seasons. Newly cleared areas will be mapped using a drone and ground-checked. Personnel will conduct ceramic analysis, osteological analysis and identification of faunal remains. The team will evaluate maps and artifacts to assess agricultural practices, settlement patterns, chronological distribution, interactions, and population size. The project, by combining research and rescue archaeology, can serve as a model for future endeavors.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.

这个项目将探索一个长期的社会如何在没有大规模砍伐森林的情况下可持续地耕种了数千年。初步数据显示，正在考虑的地区被占领了一千多年，居民与环境的互动方式是为了不破坏他们赖以生存的资源--肥沃的土壤、水和具有各种动植物的森林。这些成果将为全球更可持续的资源管理提供战略。该项目由不同的研究人员组成，其中包括妇女和代表性不足的少数群体，以及当地工头和外地助理。学生将通过获得研究经验、收集论文数据、参与社区参与以及撰写报告和文章而受益。通过探索这样一种假设，即人们在不砍伐森林的情况下进行长期、多样化和可持续的实践，该团队可以为制定与当今相关的潜在农业战略做出贡献。由于该地区被定为农业开发地区，这个考古项目将在被犁掉之前尽可能多地收集信息。将进行分析，以评估三个测试影响(长期占领、多样化的生存战略和森林资源的使用)，包括人工制品分析、AMS C14年代测定、定居点分布、动物遗骸、人类遗骸以及微观和宏观植物学。研究小组将同时进行三项工作，在多个野外季节挖掘15个地点。新清理的地区将使用无人机绘制地图，并进行地面检查。工作人员将对动物遗骸进行陶瓷分析、骨学分析和鉴定。该团队将评估地图和文物，以评估农业实践、聚落模式、时间分布、相互作用和人口规模。该项目将研究和抢救考古相结合，可以作为未来努力的典范。该奖项反映了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。