Grand Challenges for Archaeology - Crowd Sourcing Report

This document reports the results of a crowd sourcing effort to identify the grand challenges facing contemporary archaeology. The crowd sourcing was accomplished through email requests and listserv postings by the major North American and European professional associations. In this request, we asked our colleagues to identify problems of broad scientific and social interest that could drive cutting-edge research in archaeology for the next decade and beyond. We received input through a Web-based survey (included here) that sought a concise statement of a grand challenge problem or question and, optionally, a justification of the importance of the problem and demographic information for the respondent.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 12-02413. The idea for this effort was developed by the steering committee for that grant, composed of by Keith W. Kintigh, Jeffrey H. Altschul, Ann P. Kinzig, W. Fredrick Limp, William K. Michener, and Jeremy Sabloff. The survey itself was developed by Keith Kintigh in consultation with the steering committee.

本报告呈现了一项众包工作的成果，该工作旨在识别当代考古学面临的重大挑战。本次众包通过北美与欧洲主要专业学术协会的邮件邀约及邮件列表论坛公告完成。在本次邀约中，我们邀请同仁识别兼具广泛科学与社会价值的研究问题，以推动未来十年乃至更久的考古学前沿研究。我们通过内嵌于此的网络问卷收集反馈，要求受访者简要陈述一项重大挑战相关的问题或议题，并可选择性提供该问题重要性的论证材料，以及自身的人口统计学信息。

本材料基于美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）资助项目（编号12-02413）的研究成果。本次工作的构想由该资助项目的指导委员会提出，委员会成员包括Keith W. Kintigh、Jeffrey H. Altschul、Ann P. Kinzig、W. Fredrick Limp、William K. Michener以及Jeremy Sabloff。问卷本身由Keith Kintigh会同指导委员会共同设计。