Predicting and Protecting Lithic Landscapes

与达特穆尔国家公园管理局（DNPA）合作，我的研究将描述达特穆尔史前地下考古的重要性和程度，为未来的景观管理实践提供信息，并提高地方和国家对这一宝贵遗产的认识。达特穆尔被掩埋的史前考古面临着巨大的压力，这些压力来自于不断增长的景观级保护计划的规模和频率，例如造林、泥炭地恢复、自然洪水管理以及英国脱欧后的土地管理计划。从最早的智人狩猎采集者（约44000年前）到最早的农学家（约4500年前），石器（lithics）是考古证据的主要来源，而这些工具目前被排除在现有的农业环境计划的保护之外，这些计划侧重于直立/可见考古。从狩猎采集者到农业生活方式的转变已经被DNPA确定为研究重点，因为与后来的史前考古相比，对达特穆尔这一时期的了解甚少。除了告知达特穆尔的土地管理实践外，我的论文还将探讨公众对史前的参与，田野调查将涉及训练有素和热情的DNPA志愿者银行，他们中的许多人在荒原上生活和工作。

Working in partnership with Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), my research will characterise the significance and extent of Dartmoor's prehistoric subsurface archaeology, to inform future landscape management practices and to raise local and national awareness about this valuable heritage.Dartmoor's buried prehistoric archaeology faces significant pressures from the growing scale and frequency of landscape-scale conservation initiatives e.g., afforestation, peatland-restoration, natural flood management, as well as post-Brexit land-management schemes. From the first Homo sapiens hunter-gatherers, (~44,000 years ago), to the earliest agriculturalists, (~4500 years ago), stone tools, (lithics), are the dominant source of archaeological evidence - and these are currently excluded from protection by existing agri-environment schemes which focus on upstanding/visible archaeology. The transition from hunter-gatherer to farming lifeways has been identified by DNPA as a research priority because so little is known about this period on Dartmoor compared to later prehistoric archaeology. In addition to informing land management practices on Dartmoor, my thesis will also explore public engagement in prehistory and fieldwork will involve the highly trained and enthusiastic bank of DNPA volunteers, many of whom live and work on the moor.