MRI: Acquisition of a Ground Penetrating Radar for Interdisciplinary Studies in Anthropology and the Geosciences

“看到看不见的东西”是科学技术应用于文化和自然资源管理的一个日益重要的方面。利用地球物理仪器，人类学家、地质学家和资源管理者可以直接测量地下环境的特性，而不会破坏我们共享的资源。波尔州立大学（BSU）的人类学和地质科学系（department of Anthropology and Geological Sciences）用NSR-MRI基金购买了一个公用扫描系统，SIR 4000探地雷达（GPR），使研究人员和社区合作伙伴能够在地球科学和人类状况研究的交叉点上识别环境的隐藏方面。这次收购推进了几个项目的实践学生教育和研究目标。这补充了现有的地球物理设备，简化和改进了一些现有的课程设置，多样化和加强了实践培训，并扩大了向大学、工业和地区社区提供的服务。研究人员有积极参与和招募代表性不足群体的记录。BSU是一所卡内基研究型大学，拥有21,000名学生，研究活动频繁，强调多元化和充满活力的学生群体。波士顿州立大学是多元化的领导者，包括退伍军人，少数民族，国际学生和第一代大学生的参与。这个NSF-MRI项目的研究人员包括教师和专业人员的专业知识，跨越学术，政府和私营部门。该计划将由应用人类学实验室负责。应用人类学实验室是大学指定的一个知识单位，从事外部支持的研究，以及文化和环境资源合同，其使命是促进学生掌握市场技能的培训。此次探地雷达收购将增强研究活动和服务的样本包括：-中西部历史景观和战场考古特征的调查，-独特的安德森丘建筑群（12M2）周围中部林地定居点结构的调查，-俄亥俄州南部和印第安纳州东南部堡垒古村庄结构的调查，-中西部和阿巴拉契亚山脉洞穴中历史硝石开采作业的测绘，-鉴定在佛罗里达和巴哈马的年轻碳酸盐中绘制淡水水系和沿海碳酸盐含水层潮汐泵的大小，在与BSU设施规划和管理办公室和地方政府协调的情况下，在维护、建设项目和历史保护项目中协助公用事业定位，定位印第安纳州安德森的土丘州立公园的消失洞穴，以及评估文化资源（NHPA第106条）。NEPA)与地方、地区和联邦机构协商。

"Seeing the unseen" is an increasingly important aspect in the application of science and technology to the management of cultural and natural resources. Using geophysical instruments, anthropologists, geologists, and resource managers can directly measure properties of the buried environment without damaging our shared resources. The acquisition of a Utility Scan System, SIR 4000 ground penetrating radar (GPR) with NSR-MRI funds by the Departments of Anthropology and Geological Sciences at Ball State University (BSU) allows the Investigators and community partners to identify hidden aspects of the environment at the intersection of geoscience and the study of the human condition. This acquisition advances both the practical student education and research aims for several projects. This complements existing geophysical equipment, streamlines and improves several existing course offerings, diversifies and strengthens hands-on training, and expands the services that are provided to the University, industry, and regional communities. The researchers have a record of active engagement and recruitment of underrepresented groups. BSU, with +21,000 students, is a Carnegie Research University with High Research Activity that emphasizes a diverse and dynamic student body. BSU is a proven leader in diversity, including engagement of veterans, minority ethnicities, international students, and first-generation college students.The researchers on this NSF-MRI project incorporate faculty and professional staff expertise that straddles academic, government, and private sectors. The GPR will be maintained by the Applied Anthropology Laboratories, a university-designated Knowledge Unit that engages in externally-supported research, as well as cultural and environmental resource contracts with the mission of advancing student training in mastering of marketable skills. A sample of research activities and services that will be enhanced by this GPR acquisition include:- Investigation of Midwestern historic landscape and battlefield archaeology features,- Investigation of Middle Woodland settlements structure around the unique Anderson Mounds complex (12M2),- Investigation of Fort Ancient village structure in southern Ohio and southeastern Indiana,- Mapping of historic saltpeter mining operations in caves of the Midwest and the Appalachians,- Identification of shallow karst features, in the young carbonates of Florida and the Bahamas,- Mapping the freshwater lens and the magnitude of tidal pumping in coastal carbonate aquifers,- Assist with utility locates during maintenance, construction projects, and historic preservation projects in coordination with BSU Office of Facilities Planning and Management and local governments,- Locating the lost caves of Mounds State Park, Anderson, Indiana, and- Evaluating cultural resources (NHPA Section 106, NEPA) in consultation with local, regional, and federal agencies.