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Here are some interesting projects I found under Anthropology that reached 100%+ funding. Each page also has a video embedded that talks about the project:
UAV Infrared Mapping of Archaeological Sites in Greece
If an archaeologist could have one super power- it would be X-RAY vision. Archaeologists are always looking for non-destructive techniques to see what lies beneath the surface. This project will use the newest in UAV'S (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) as well as Infrared (Thermal) and Near Infrared cameras to create high resolution maps of the Early Iron Age site of Zagora, Greece. The final product will hopefully be the creation of several high-resolution multispectral 3D models of the site.
https://experiment.com/projects/infr...ece?s=discover
Troy: Archaeology of Archaeology
Ancient Troy has been the subject of archaeological research for a very long time: systematic excavations have been conducted at the site since 1863. This makes Troy exceptionally suited to study the development of archaeological field practice. Each team excavating at Troy did so with their own methodologies and techniques. We want to know the effect of these changes on interpretations about the site.
https://experiment.com/projects/troy-archaeology-of-archaeology?s=discover
Where Was Vínland? Tracking Viking Explorers in the Americas Using Trace Element Analyses
Where did the Vikings explore in North America? Where did they first make contact with the peoples of the New World? Around AD 1000 Vikings from Iceland and Greenland established an exploration base at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. With your help, we'll examine how far they traveled from that base and how well they knew the region's resources by analyzing trace elements in the tools they used to make fires at this farthest west Viking site.
https://experiment.com/projects/trac...ses?s=discover
How did Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherers Use and Consume Plant Resources in Eurasia?
Hunter-gatherers repeatedly visited the Mughr el-Hamamah site, Jordan, ca. 45-40,000 years ago. Then, anatomically modern humans were replacing Neanderthals across western Eurasia. We will carefully excavate the very well-preserved plant remains and other artifacts in the cave. With a high-resolution view of human activity at this key prehistoric juncture, we seek to answer how groups foraged and provisioned diverse foods and materials beyond camp, while they worked, ate, and slept in camp.
https://experiment.com/projects/what...sia?s=discover
Was the Middle Bronze Age Civilization North of the Dead Sea Destroyed by Fire from the Sky?
The goal of the "Fire-from-the-Sky" research project was to search for additional evidence of a meteoritic airburst over the north end of the Dead Sea ca. 1700 BC which is thought to be the cause of the end of the Middle Bronze Age occupying civilization. The primary method of data collection was a walking survey of the many wadis that traverse the southeastern quadrant of the circular plain immediately north of the Dead Sea. Analysis of the materials collected is required before conclusions regarding the airburst hypothesis can be drawn.
https://experiment.com/projects/was-...sky?s=discover
Go West, young man: in search of the A00 haplogroup among peoples of Western Cameroon
Welcome to our citizen-science research project on haplogroup A00 in Cameroon! Having successfully sampled the Bangwa, Mbo, and Bamileke, we'll be launching our third trip to sample Banyang and Ejagham people from Western Cameroon.
A00 is the earliest known branch on the human Y-chromosome, paternal phylo-tree. Project coordinator Bonnie Schrack led the team that discovered it in a member of the Perry family in 2012.
Read more about our project in the pages for our first and second fundraisers.
https://experiment.com/projects/go-w...oon?s=discover