Postdoctoral Fellowship: SPRF: Creating Persistent Histories through Community Archaeology

博士后奖学金：SPRF：通过社区考古学创造持久的历史

• 批准号: 2313807
• 负责人: Jonathan Micon
• 金额: $ 16万
• 依托单位: Micon, Jonathan J
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2313807&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; SPRF; Creating; Persistent

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.

该奖项是作为NSF社会，行为和经济科学博士后研究奖学金（SPRF）计划的一部分提供的。 SPRF计划的目标是为学术界，工业或私营部门以及政府的科学职业准备有前途的早期职业博士学位科学家。 SPRF奖项涉及在既定科学家的赞助下进行两年的培训，并鼓励博士后研究员进行独立研究。 NSF试图促进科学界各个细分市场的科学家的参与，包括来自代表性不足的群体的研究计划和活动；博士后时期被认为是实现这一目标的重要水平。每个博士后研究员都必须解决重要的科学问题，以推进各自的学科领域。在纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼州立大学的克里斯托弗·沃尔夫（Christopher Wolff）的赞助下，该博士后奖学金奖支持了一名早期的职业科学家，在纽约州东部最初的殖民化期间，在莫霍克河河谷的Schenck遗址（FDA 14）审查了持续的物质实践（FDA 14）。拟议的研究使用代表性的物质文化样本，试图了解导致在殖民地环境中获得和使用某些物体和材料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野外课程，旨在为六名学生学习考古研究技术，同时为该领域的学术发展做出贡献。该项目旨在调查社区如何抓住新的机会，以使其现有的物质组合多样化，同时继续保持其传统身份的要素。它通过三个有序的目标来做到这一点：1）在纽约州北部的Schenck站点（FDA 14）的调查和定义前后接触村组件的空间和时间参数以及内部特征； 2）从两个组件中收集材料培养的代表性样本，并在最初的殖民地接触之前和之后进行跨越的材料实践； 3）为与考古学研究现场技术和职业轨迹有关的六名学生提供教育机会。这项工作以先前对殖民经济体的物质交往的研究为基础，通过接近殖民影响作为动态但持久的文化战略的一部分。它致力于通过将后代代表纳入每个有序阶段的项目，执行和成果，以将这些研究发现扩展到传统学术界，以反映NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来支持的。