Diverse and Sustainable Resource Management in a Salvage Context

这个项目将探索一个长期的社会如何在不大规模砍伐森林的情况下可持续地耕种数千年。初步数据显示，考虑中的地区已经被占用了一千年以上，居民与环境的互动方式是这样的，即不会破坏他们赖以生存的资源——肥沃的土壤、水和拥有多种动植物的森林。结果将为全球更可持续的资源管理提供战略。该项目由包括妇女和代表性不足的少数民族在内的各种研究人员以及当地工头和外勤助理组成。学生将受益于通过获得研究经验，收集论文数据，参与社区参与，并撰写报告和文章。通过探索人们在不砍伐森林的情况下进行长期多样化和可持续实践的假设，该团队可以为设计与今天相关的潜在农业战略做出贡献。由于该地区被规划为农业开发地区，这个考古项目将在挖掘之前收集尽可能多的信息。研究人员将对三个测试结果（长期占领、多样化生存策略和森林资源利用）进行分析，包括人工制品分析、AMS C14测年、定居分布、动物遗骸、人类遗骸以及微观和宏观植物。研究小组将在多个野外季节同时进行三次作业，挖掘15个地点。新清除的区域将使用无人机绘制地图并进行地面检查。工作人员将进行陶瓷分析、骨学分析和动物遗骸鉴定。该小组将评估地图和人工制品，以评估农业实践、定居模式、时间分布、相互作用和人口规模。该项目结合了研究和救援考古，可以作为未来努力的典范。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 project will explore how a long term society sustainably farmed for thousands of years without massive deforestation. Preliminary data show that the area under consideration was occupied for over a millenium and that the inhabitants interacted with the environment in such a way so as not to destroy the resources upon which they relied—fertile soils, water, and a forest with diverse flora and fauna. Results will provide strategies for more sustainable resource management globally. This project is comprised of diverse researchers including women and underrepresented minorities, as well as local foremen and field assistants. Students will benefit through gaining research experience, collecting dissertation data, participating in community engagement, and authoring reports and articles. By exploring the hypothesis that people practiced long-term diverse and sustainable practices without deforesting the landscape the team can contribute to devising potential agricultural strategies relevant today. Because the region is slated for agricultural development, this archaeology program will collect as much information as possible before it is plowed away. Analyses will be conducted to assess the three test implications (long-term occupation, diverse subsistence strategies, and use of forest resources) including artifact analyses, AMS C14 dating, settlement distribution, faunal remains, human remains, and micro- and macro-botanicals. The research team will run three concurrent operations to excavate 15 sites over multiple field seasons. Newly cleared areas will be mapped using a drone and ground-checked. Personnel will conduct ceramic analysis, osteological analysis and identification of faunal remains. The team will evaluate maps and artifacts to assess agricultural practices, settlement patterns, chronological distribution, interactions, and population size. The project, by combining research and rescue archaeology, can serve as a model for future endeavors.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.