The National Science Foundation SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities awarded a $148,000 Project Grant to Columbia, MO to support research investigating obsidian and ochre exchange from Aug 1, 2021 through Jul 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to promote basic research and education in the social, behavioral and economic sciences. Through this funding, researchers in Columbia, MO will conduct a study exploring the exchange networks of obsidian and ochre in prehistoric societies, advancing understanding of how such materials were traded and distributed among early human communities.
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