Dissertation Research: Ceramic Standardization in Household Production at Bezuapan, Veracruz, Mexico

论文研究：墨西哥韦拉克鲁斯州贝祖阿潘家庭生产陶瓷标准化

• 批准号: 9413438
• 负责人: David Browman
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-11-01 至 1996-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9413438&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Ceramic; Standardization; Household

Browman With National Science Foundation support and under the direction of Dr. David Browman, Ms. Georgia Britt will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. She will analyze ceramic material from the archaeological site of Bezuapan which is located in Veracruz, Mexico. Prior excavation of individual households has yielded large samples of ceramics from well defined stratigraphic contexts. All date from different intervals within the Late Formative period. Evidence indicates that the ceramics were made within each household. Ms. Britt will examine these materials from a number of perspectives to determine the degree of standardization within each ceramic type within each sample. She will record metric as well as technical and decorative attributes. The underlying goal of this research is to study the relationship between ceramic production and social organization. Archaeologists have argued that as societies grow more complex, the degree of economic specialization increases and the degree of mass production increases. They have also assumed that standardization increases as well and that degree of standardization in ceramics and other common objects can be used as an indirect measure of social complexity. However these assumptions have not been carefully tested. Other kinds of archaeological evidence indicate that the Late Formative period in Veracruz marks a time of increased social complexity. By the following Early Classic period a clearly divided hierarchical society had emerged. In conjunction with other researchers who have examined ceramics from the later period, Ms. Britt will focus on the Late Formative to determine whether, in fact, social complexity and ceramic standardization are related. This research is important for several reasons. It will help to refine a tool which is of wide archaeological use. It will also assist in the training of a promising young scientist.

Browman获得了国家科学基金会的支持，在David Browman博士的指导下，佐治亚·布里特女士将收集有关博士学位论文的数据。她将分析位于墨西哥Veracruz的Bezuapan考古遗址的陶瓷材料。先前对单个家庭的发掘已从明确的地层环境中产生了大量的陶瓷样本。所有日期都来自形成晚期的不同间隔。证据表明这些陶瓷是在每个家庭内部制造的。布里特女士将从许多角度检查这些材料，以确定每个样品中每种陶瓷类型内的标准化程度。她将记录指标以及技术和装饰属性。 这项研究的基本目标是研究陶瓷生产与社会组织之间的关系。 考古学家认为，随着社会的增长越来越复杂，经济专业化程度的提高和批量生产程度也会增加。他们还假设标准化也会增加，陶瓷和其他常见对象的标准化程度可以用作间接衡量社会复杂性的衡量标准。但是，这些假设尚未仔细测试。其他考古证据表明，韦拉克鲁斯（Veracruz）的后期形成时期标志着社会复杂性增加的时期。到了随后的经典时期，已经出现了一个明显分裂的等级社会。布里特女士与其他研究陶瓷的研究人员一起，将重点放在晚期的形成性上，以确定实际上是社会复杂性和陶瓷标准化是否相关。 这项研究很重要，原因有几个。这将有助于完善一种广泛的考古使用工具。它还将有助于培训一位有前途的年轻科学家。