Project Grant 2513232
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Project Grant, awarded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), provides $222,011 to Wesleyan University over 4 years to investigate the geographic spread of pastoralism using a combination of paleogenomic and archaeological approaches. The research aims to clarify the timing of cattle, sheep, and goat domestication, explore their genetic histories, and study the cultural and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $219,446 to Grand Valley State University to assess animal management systems within an urban/rural continuum. The primary goal of this 2-year research project is to gain insight into the growth and decline of cities by examining the distribution and management of animals in urban areas over extended time periods using archaeological methods....
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $139,516 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division to support a collaborative, multidisciplinary research project exploring the origins and early economic role of horse dairying in ancient pastoralist societies. The project aims to investigate archaeological evidence and trace the development of horse husbandry and milking practices, which contributed...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) provides $324,824 to Archaeology Southwest, a non-profit organization, to conduct research on the role of diet in the process of long-term cultural integration among migrant and local groups in the 14th century. The project examines changes over generations in how plants and animals were used for food, raw materials, and...
- This $172,641 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) to Trustees of Dartmouth College supports research into the development of intensive agricultural systems in extreme northern environments. The project will investigate the chronology, technologies, and labor strategies behind intensive agricultural production in an upper Midwest site, challenging existing conceptions of agricultural development. Key activities include...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under CFDA 47.075 (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) supports a collaborative research project to investigate the relationship between agricultural practices and social change during periods of crisis. The $110,305 award to Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina will fund archaeological excavations, laboratory analyses, and computational modeling to study how...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will support collaborative archaeological research to investigate the relationship between agriculture, environmental change, and social inequality over time. The $118,277 grant awarded to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) will enable a transdisciplinary team to analyze agricultural practices, food webs, and land use...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will support an archaeological investigation focused on understanding the environmental and social strategies that enabled the transition from hunting and gathering to farming in a dense tropical forest context. The $276,441 award to the Dominguez Hills Foundation at California State University, Dominguez Hills, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, will...
- This $185,194 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the role of human and animal mobility and migration in enabling the persistence of cities in fragile environments. Led by Stony Brook University under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the research team will examine skeletal remains from one ancient city in a floodplain region using strontium, neodymium, and lead isotope analysis to determine the geographic origins of human and...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant, awarded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), supports a research study on agrarian economies and land-use impacts. The $102,118 award to the University of Akron funds a project that examines how the economic functions of settlements vary, the degree of resource sharing between settlements, and the populations inhabiting the settlements. The research employs techniques such as surface survey, geophysical survey,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $138,337 project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to Trustees of Dartmouth College to investigate how livestock domestication shaped historical shifts in food production and economic organization. The project aims to advance understanding of the origins of agriculture and the development of early social structures through innovative biotechnological methods, microfossil analysis, dental calculus analysis, and stable isotope data. Key research questions focus on how livestock domestication occurred in early farming societies and what role livestock management played in the emergence of social complexities and early states. The project draws on archaeological sites with some of the world's earliest evidence for livestock domestication and state formation, analyzing remains spanning 9,000 to 3,500 years ago. The results have translational value for public safety and security by modeling a range of outcomes where food security can be established through livestock management. The project will also train students and engage the public in relevant scientific techniques.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $138.3k | 8/21/25 |