REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experience in Native American Archaeology & Heritage Preservation: A Cooperative Project of the Univ.of Arizona & the White Mountain Apache

该奖项为本科生在美国原住民考古和遗产保护方面的研究经验提供支持：亚利桑那大学和怀特山阿帕奇部落的合作项目。该项目的一个主要重点是通过参与性活动展示考古学合作研究在科学和遗产方面的好处。REU的体验将把亚利桑那大学人类学系的资源与白山阿帕奇部落在阿帕奇堡印第安人保留地运营的最活跃的部落遗产资源管理项目之一结合起来。亚利桑那大学人类学系在亚利桑那州的皮内代尔设有考古研究站。每年夏天，将有10名学生参加这个为期六周的项目。学生将从全国各地的本科生中挑选出来，并从美洲原住民社区进行特别招聘。学生的研究活动将包括绘制普韦布洛和阿帕奇遗址的地图、考古调查、地面收集、废墟稳定、损害评估、实验室处理和分析、实地考察和挖掘。除了挖掘和实地考察，所有的部分都将在亚利桑那州中东部的阿帕奇堡印第安人保留地举行。将在锡特格里夫斯国家森林进行挖掘。将包括一个独特的系列讲座，以及一个伦理部分。研究项目的结果将在项目结束时的小型研讨会上公布，研讨会的会议记录将提交给白山阿帕奇部落。该奖项有助于基金会通过积极的本科生研究经验，继续努力吸引有才华的学生进入科学职业生涯。

This award provides support for an Undergraduate Research Experience in Native American Archaeology and Heritage Preservation: A Cooperative Project of the University of Arizona and The White Mountain Apache Tribe. A major focus of the project will be to demonstrate, through participatory activities, the scientific and heritage benefits of cooperative research in archaeology. The REU experience will combine the resources of the University of Arizona's Department of Anthropology, which has an archaeological research station in Pinedale, Arizona, with one of the most active tribal heritage resource management programs operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. Ten students will be supported for the six-week program each summer. Students will be drawn from undergraduates from across the country, with special recruitment from Native American communities. Student research activities will include mapping of Pueblo and Apache sites, archaeological survey, surface collections, ruins stabilization, damage assessment, laboratory processing and analyses, field trips, and excavation. All but the excavation and field trip component will be held on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in east-central Arizona. Excavations will be conducted on the Sitgreaves National Forest. A distingui8shed lecture series will be included as well as an ethics component. The results of the research projects will be presented in a mini-symposium at the end of the project and the symposium proceedings will be submitted to the White Mountain Apache Tribe.This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attract talented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.