Archaeological Investigations of a Mississippian Period Production for Exchange System

密西西比时期生产交换系统的考古调查

• 批准号: 9120222
• 负责人: Charles Cobb
• 金额: $ 7.39万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Binghamton
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-03-15 至 1995-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9120222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Archaeological; Investigations; Mississippian; Period; Production

Dr. Charles Cobb will conduct two seasons of archaeological site survey and excavation in the Mill Creek region of Southern Illinois. The region is important to archeologists because it contains quarries for stone which was manufactured into hoes. Finds from numerous other sites demonstated that these prized objects were then distributed throughout the lower Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. Dr. Cobb will first conduct an intensive sample survey of the area to obtain information on the variety, distribution and function of sites related to digging implement production. In the second stage of the work he will excavate a small sample of sites to learn how actual production of the implements was organized. Materials collected will also help to date the sites and shed light on the subsistence practices followed. Recovery of exchange items such as non-local flint, galena, shell artifacts and copper will provide information on trade networks. Although they did not develop all the features commonly attributed to "civilizations", late prehistoric (ca. 900-1500 AD) societies in the American Midwest developed a high degree of social complexity in which individual groups were bound together into larger organized trade networks. Archaeologists have postuated that a tight link exists between the development of social complexity, political centralization and control of trade. Because Mill Creek contained such a valuable product, it makes an excellent region to examine this issue. Through his excavations Dr. Cobb wishes to learn how the production of stone hoes and their exchange was organized and functioned at both a local and an interregional level. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide insight into how complex societies were developed and maintained. It will yield data of great interest to many U.S. archaeologists.

查尔斯·科布（Charles Cobb）博士将在伊利诺伊州南部的米尔克里克地区进行两个季节的考古现场调查和挖掘。 该地区对考古学家而言很重要，因为它包含石头的采石场，这些石材是制造成ho头的。 从许多其他地点发现，这些珍贵的物体随后分布在整个俄亥俄州和密西西比河河谷。 Cobb博士将首先对该区域进行密集的样本调查，以获取有关与挖掘实施生产有关的地点的品种，分布和功能的信息。 在工作的第二阶段，他将挖掘一小部分站点，以了解如何组织工具的实际生产。 收集的材料还将有助于约会地点，并阐明遵循的生存实践。 恢复交换项目，例如非本地火石，galena，shell工件和铜，将提供有关贸易网络的信息。 尽管他们没有开发出通常归因于“文明”的所有特征，但美国中西部的晚期史前（约900-1500年）社会发展了高度的社会复杂性，在这种社会复杂性中，各个群体都被束缚在更大的有组织的贸易网络​​中。 考古学家预示着社会复杂性的发展，政治集中化和贸易控制之间存在紧密联系。 由于米尔克里克（Mill Creek）包含了如此有价值的产品，因此它是一个很好的区域来研究这个问题。 通过发掘，科布博士希望了解石ho的生产及其交换是如何在当地和区域间层面上组织和运作的。 这项研究很重要，原因有几个。它将提供有关如何发展和维护复杂社会的洞察力。 这将为许多美国考古学家产生引起关注的数据。