Geographies of Early Urbanism

早期城市化的地理

• 批准号: 2240579
• 负责人: Katheryn Twiss
• 金额: $ 18.52万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240579&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Geographies; Early; Urbanism

Researchers seek to understand which strategies enable cities to persist in the face of economic, ecological, and demographic stressors. Archaeology, able to trace urban adaptations over the course of centuries and even millennia, is uniquely well placed to provide relevant insights. This project assesses whether human and animal mobility and migration are necessary elements of durable urbanism, particularly in fragile and ecologically dynamic settings. Focusing on a region where large cities persisted for millennia in environments characterized by dramatic shifts in water availability and soils highly vulnerable to salinization, the research team tests whether early cities relied on immigration to sustain their populations and on long-distance pastoralism to support their economies. Throughout the research, student training and engagement with diverse publics in multiple countries advances public scientific literacy and global STEM education, maximizing the practical as well as ethical value of archaeological research.In order to determine whether mobility and migration are required elements of urban success, an international team examines the geographical origins and mobility of human and animal populations associated with durable urban settlement on a premodern floodplain. Isotopic analyses of skeletal remains enable scientists to trace ancient organisms’ mobility and migration in regions where baseline maps of isotope values are available. The research team creates the first strontium, neodymium, and lead isotope map of the region generating an open-access tool that establishes a foundation for ongoing and future isotope research in the region. The team uses this map to determine whether isotope values in remains recovered from one ancient city are consistent with urban reliance on immigration and specialized mobile pastoralism. The project thus (a) supports regional multidisciplinary isotope research, (b) determines whether premodern urban adaptations inherently encompass significant levels of mobility and migration, and (c) creates scientific training opportunities while enhancing global STEM engagement.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.

研究人员试图了解哪些策略使城市能够面对经济，生态和人口压力源。考古学，能够在几个世纪甚至几千年中追踪城市适应，在提供相关见解方面非常独特。该项目评估人类和动物的流动性和移民是否是持久城市主义的必要要素，尤其是在脆弱和生态动态的环境中。专注于一个地区，在这个地区持续了数千年的环境，其特征是水的可用性发生了巨大变化和土壤高度容易受到盐分的影响，研究小组测试了早期城市是否依靠移民来维持其人口和长途悠久的牧民来支持其经济。通过这项研究，学生的培训和与潜水员公众在多个国家 /地区的培训和参与促进了公众的科学素养和全球STEM教育，最大程度地提高了存档学研究的实用和道德价值。对骨骼的同位素分析仍然可以使科学家追踪古代生物的活动能力和在同位素值基线图的区域中的迁移。研究小组创建了该团队使用此地图来确定从一个古城恢复的同位素值是否与城市对移民和专业移动牧民的依赖相一致。因此，该项目（a）支持区域多学科同位素研究，（b）确定了前现代的城市适应性固有地包含了重要水平的移动性和移民，并且（c）在增强全球STEM参与度的同时创造了科学培训机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估智力效果来表现出对基金会的支持。