Archaeological Palaeoenvironmental Archives: Challenges and Potential.

该合作博士奖学金项目将通过对当前存档实践的系统评估，通过共同设计新的结构，为古环境遗迹的创建、管理和解释，最大限度地发挥古环境遗迹在学术研究和公共科学参与方面的潜力。博物馆考古学家协会（SMA）的研究发现：有9000份未存放的档案，27%的博物馆没有更多的考古档案空间，70%的博物馆没有专业的馆长（Edwards 2012）。由历史英格兰资助的研究探索了紧缩对考古档案的影响（SMA 2016）。Copley（2010）指出了这些挑战。该项目将定量研究与定性和合作学术研究相结合。与之前关于耐用材料的研究项目（Edwards 2012; SMA 2016）不同，该项目侧重于环境档案。问题：a)环境考古档案面临的威胁和机遇是什么？b)这些档案的哪些方面对用户特别重要？c)如何改进这些档案？d)基于理论和实践的公共考古和科学参与的发展如何增强档案的潜力？该档案由两部分组成：(i)作为更广泛的数据库的一部分共享的数字记录，以促进进一步的研究，例如组合比较、空间对比和物种随时间的变化。许多现有的数据库都是局部的。（ii）生态事实本身存档。随着PPG16的大规模挖掘，材料的体积急剧增加。植物遗骸可能被烧焦，矿物质替代或厌氧保存，该博士将专注于考古植物学和微动物学（如昆虫和软体动物）档案，其中价值，再利用和保存问题需要解决。环境考古档案需要更好地指向潜在的用户群体，使其得到更多的利用和重视。它们还需要便于研究。

This Collaborative Doctoral Award studentship project will maximise the potential of palaeoenvironmental remains for academic research and public science engagement by co-designing new structures for their creation, curation and interpretation based upon a systematic evaluation of current archiving practices.Research from the Society of Museum Archaeologists (SMA) has found that: there are 9000 undeposited archives, 27% of museums had no further space for archaeological archives, and 70% had no specialist curator (Edwards 2012). Research funded by Historic England explores the impact of austerity on archaeological archives (SMA 2016). Copley (2010) identified the challenges. The project will combine quantitative research with qualitative and collaborative academic research. Unlike previous research projects (Edwards 2012; SMA 2016) on durable materials, this focuses on environmental archives.Questions:a) What are the threats and opportunities for environmental archaeological archives?b) Which aspects of these archives are especially important to users?c) How can these archives be improved?d) How can theoretical and practice- based developments in public archaeology and science engagement enhance archive potential?The archive has two parts:(i) Digital records shared as part of wider databases which facilitate additional research eg assemblage comparisons, spatial contrasts and species occurrence through time. Many existing databases are partial.(ii) The ecofacts archive itself.The volume of material has increased dramatically with huge scale excavations following PPG16. Plant remains may be charred, mineral-replaced or anaerobically preserved and this PhD will focus on archaeobotanical and micro-zoological (eg insects and molluscs) archives where issues of value, reuse and retention need addressing. Environmental archaeology archives need to be better signposted to the potential user community so that they are more used and valued. They also need to be accessible for research.