Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Intraregional Interaction in the Mesa Verde Region, A.D. 1150-1300: Placing Emigration in its Social Context

博士论文改进补助金：梅萨维德地区的区域内互动，公元 1150-1300 年：将移民置于其社会背景中

• 批准号: 0124876
• 负责人: Keith Kintigh
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2003-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0124876&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Intraregional

A century of research has focused on understanding the complete abandonment of the Mesa Verde region of the American Southwest by A.D. 1300. Enormous efforts have been devoted to reconstructing the prevailing environmental conditions and to understanding where the Mesa Verde people went. However, a full understanding of this dramatic abandonment requires knowledge of the relationships among villages prior to and during the depopulation of this region. Existing data are inadequate to assess these interactions. For this critical period (A.D. 1150-1300), this project investigates social interaction among villages using evidence for economic cooperation, indicated by the exchange of pottery among villages and the locations of communal and defensive buildings signifying cooperation and conflict. The combination of ceramic exchange data and the distribution of communal and defensive architecture provides a powerful means for understanding the social processes at work during this otherwise well-documented abandonment.NSF funding will permit the chemical composition analysis of an additional 490 ceramic and clay samples from nine sites using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis. With these samples, it will be possible to reconstruct patterns of ceramic production and exchange using a regional database comprising 1,041 ceramic and 60 clay samples from 18 sites. The grant would also fund the compilation of a regional database documenting the geographic distribution of communal and defensive architecture necessary for the assessment of the degree of cooperation and conflict among villages. Both of these databases will provide critical data that will be made accessible for and can be expanded by future research to further test anthropological arguments about social dynamics. This study, conducted by Ms. Donna Glowacki under the supervision of Dr. Keith Kintigh, will contribute to understanding the effects of stress, such as drought and violence, on social relationships prior to and during periods of large-scale emigration.

一个世纪的研究重点是理解公元1300年到达美国西南部梅萨佛得角地区的完全放弃。巨大的努力致力于重建现行的环境条件，并了解梅萨·佛得角人的去向。但是，对这种戏剧性遗弃的充分理解需要了解该地区人口减少之前和期间村庄之间的关系。现有数据不足以评估这些相互作用。在这个关键时期（公元1150 - 1300年），该项目使用经济合作的证据调查了村庄之间的社会互动，这表明村庄之间的陶器以及公共和防御性建筑物的位置表示合作和冲突。陶瓷交换数据和公共和防御性建筑的分布的结合提供了一种有力的手段，可以在此原本有据可查的放弃期间理解工作中的社会过程。NSF资金将允许使用仪器Neutrumental Neuton Actipation Activation Anallys分析从九个站点中的其他490个陶瓷和粘土样品进行化学组成分析。使用这些样品，可以使用包含1,041个陶瓷和60个来自18个地点的粘土样品的区域数据库重建陶瓷生产和交换模式。该赠款还将资助一个区域数据库的汇编，该数据库记录了评估村庄之间合作程度和冲突程度所必需的公共和防御性建筑的地理分布。这两个数据库都将提供可访问的关键数据，并可以通过未来的研究来扩展，以进一步测试有关社会动态的人类学论据。这项由唐娜·格拉瓦基（Donna Glowacki）女士在基思·金蒂（Keith Kintigh）博士的监督下进行的这项研究将有助于理解压力（例如干旱和暴力）在大规模移民期间和期间对社会关系的影响。