Subsurface Archaeogeophysical Survey and Mapping Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement

跨学科(99)地下考古-地球物理调查技术正越来越多地用于考古野外工作，以绘制不需要挖掘的古代遗迹地图。根据考古需要定制的商业数据收集器的可获得性促进了使用量的增长。该项目正在调整这些技术，以创建一个综合的跨学科课程，为本科生提供(1)对勘测技术所依据的基本地球物理过程的适当的理论理解，(2)关于地下考古地球物理技术对研究设计和方法的影响的一些知识，以及(3)适当的测绘和成像理论和技术的实用知识。该项目正在开发一门新的跨学科课程，升级现有的地下考古-地球物理调查考古实验室，并修改地质系、考古系和地理系提供的现有课程，以实现这些目标。该项目还支持教职员工和学生的研究项目，并为阿克伦大学的社区研究项目注入活力。该项目正在采用一种基于Web的教学模块的设计，该模块来自地理学家Kenneth Foote的“虚拟地理系”，这是一个由NSF支持的研讨会。它还在采用由生物学家Diane Ebert-May和Janet Hodder(也是NSF资助的)举办的“现场学院改革科学教学”(第一次)研讨会上教授的现场技术。这两种适应方式都被用于支持学生主动学习的技能。新课程和课程修改的内容改编自使用地球物理方法绘制地下地图的课程，并向其他三个机构的本科生提供。这些是关于考古实地方法的课程，包括由Lucy Johnson开发的瓦萨学院的地下测量课程；圣母大学的考古实地学校，提供地球物理遥感技术课程；以及波士顿大学与考古地球物理测量有关的一系列三门课程。

Interdisciplinary (99)Subsurface archaeo-geophysical survey techniques are being used increasingly in archaeological fieldwork to map ancient remains without excavation. The growth in use is facilitated by the availability of commercial data collectors tailored to archaeological needs. This project is adapting these techniques to create an integrated interdisciplinary curriculum to provide undergraduates with (1) a competent theoretical understanding of basic geophysical processes underlying the survey techniques, (2) some knowledge of the implications of subsurface archaeo-geophysical technologies for research design and methodology, and (3) a working knowledge of appropriate mapping and imaging theory and technology. The project is developing a new interdisciplinary course, upgrading an existing Archaeology Laboratory for subsurface archaeo-geophysical survey, and modifying existing courses offered by the departments of Geology, Archaeology, and Geography to accomplish these objectives. This project is also supporting faculty and student research projects and invigorating a community-based research program at the University of Akron. The project is adapting a design of Web-based instructional modules derived from Geographer Kenneth Foote's "Virtual Geography Department," an NSF-supported workshop. It is also adapting field techniques taught at a "Field Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching" (FIRST) workshop conducted by Biologists Diane Ebert-May and Janet Hodder -- also NSF supported. Both of these adaptations are being used for their skill in supporting active learning by students. The content of the new course and course modifications is being adapted from courses using geophysical methods for subsurface mapping developed and offered to undergraduates at three other institutions. These were a course in Archaeological Field Methods, including subsurface surveying at Vassar College, developed by Lucy Johnson; the archaeological field school at Notre Dame University, which offers courses in geophysical remote sensing techniques; and a series of three courses at Boston University related to archaeological geophysical surveying.