Postdoctoral Fellowship: SPRF: Creating Persistent Histories through Community Archaeology

该奖项是美国国家科学基金会社会、行为和经济科学博士后研究奖学金（SPRF）项目的一部分。SPRF计划的目标是为学术界、工业界或私营部门和政府的科学事业准备有前途的早期职业博士级科学家。SPRF奖励包括在知名科学家的赞助下进行为期两年的培训，并鼓励博士后进行独立研究。美国国家科学基金会寻求促进科学界各阶层的科学家，包括那些未被充分代表的群体的科学家，参与其研究项目和活动；博士后阶段被认为是实现这一目标的一个重要的专业发展阶段。每个博士后必须解决各自学科领域的重要科学问题。在纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校克里斯托弗·沃尔夫博士的赞助下，该博士后奖学金奖支持一位早期职业科学家在莫霍克河谷的申克遗址（Fda 14）研究纽约州东部最初殖民时期的持久性物质实践。利用具有代表性的物质文化样本，拟议的研究旨在了解导致殖民背景下某些物品和材料的获取和使用的历史和文化偶然过程。这项研究的一个主要组成部分包括为期三周的实地课程，让六名学生学习考古研究技术，同时为该领域的学术进步做出贡献。该项目旨在调查社区如何抓住新的机会，使其现有的材料组合多样化，同时继续保持其传统身份的元素。它通过三个有序的目标来实现这一目标：1)在纽约州北部的申克站点（Fda 14）调查并定义接触前和接触后村庄组成部分的时空参数和内部特征；2)从两个组成部分收集具有代表性的物质文化样本，历时性地重构最初殖民接触前后的物质实践；3)为6名学生提供与考古研究领域技术和职业轨迹相关的教育机会。这项工作建立在以前对殖民经济中的物质参与的研究的基础上，将殖民影响作为一种动态而持久的文化战略的一部分。它的工作是将这些研究成果扩展到传统的学术团体之外，通过协作将后代代表纳入每个有序阶段的项目规划、执行和结果。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award was provided as part of the NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) program. The goal of the SPRF program is to prepare promising, early career doctoral-level scientists for scientific careers in academia, industry or private sector, and government. SPRF awards involve two years of training under the sponsorship of established scientists and encourage Postdoctoral Fellows to perform independent research. NSF seeks to promote the participation of scientists from all segments of the scientific community, including those from underrepresented groups, in its research programs and activities; the postdoctoral period is considered to be an important level of professional development in attaining this goal. Each Postdoctoral Fellow must address important scientific questions that advance their respective disciplinary fields. Under the sponsorship of Dr. Christopher Wolff at the State University of New York Albany, this postdoctoral fellowship award supports an early career scientist examining persistent material practices at the Schenck Site (Fda 14) in the Mohawk River Valley during the initial colonization of eastern New York State. Using representative samples of material culture, the proposed research seeks to understand the historically and culturally contingent processes that led to the acquisition and use of certain objects and materials in colonial contexts. A major component of this research includes a three-week field course for six students to learn about research techniques in archaeology while contributing to scholarly advancements in the field. This project seeks to investigate how communities seized upon new opportunities to diversify their existing material assemblages while continuing to maintain elements of their traditional identity. It does this through three ordered objectives: 1) Survey and define the spatial and temporal parameters and internal features of the pre- and post-contact village components at the Schenck site (Fda 14) in Upstate New York; 2) Collect representative samples of material culture from both components to diachronically reconstruct material practices spanning before and after initial colonial contact; 3) Provide educational opportunities to six students related to research field techniques and career trajectories in archaeology. This work builds on previous studies of material engagements in colonial economies by approaching the adoption of colonial influences as part of a dynamic yet enduring cultural strategy. It works to extend these research findings beyond the traditional academic community by collaboratively incorporating descendant representatives into the planning, execution, and outcomes of the project at each ordered stage.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.