Doctoral Dissertation Research: Macroregional Interactions at the Onavas Valley, Sonora, Mexico, during the late Pre-Hispanic Period

博士论文研究：前西班牙时期晚期墨西哥索诺拉州奥纳瓦斯山谷的宏观区域相互作用

• 批准号: 0424743
• 负责人: Paul Fish
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-15 至 2005-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0424743&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Macroregional; Interactions

Under the supervision of Dr. Paul R. Fish Mr.. Emiliano Gallaga Murrieta will collect archaeological data recording pre-Hispanic (A.D. 1000-1550) material remains in the Onavas Valley in the Middle Yaqui River area in southern Sonora, Mexico. Geographical and physical conditions make the Yaqui River a natural causeway between three well-established archaeological regions: Mesoamerica, the U.S. Southwest, and Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. While researchers have debated at great length about the connections during pre-Hispanic times between Mesoamerica and the U.S. Southwest little is known about the regions in between where the suggested interaction took place. What little archaeological evidence there is suggests that people, shell (used for jewelry), and other products moved through the Yaqui River Valley from the Sonora coast and may have reached as far as Casas Grandes on the east side of the Sierra Madre Occidental, or the U.S. Southwest to the north. The Onavas Valley Project will provide important data allowing preliminary but critical insights into how pre-Hispanic communities interacted with their environment and their neighbors in a poorly known portion of Northwest Mexico.The main objective of this project is to compare the cultural landscape of the Onavas Valley with those of the Hohokam (in the U.S. Southwest), Cerro de Trincheras (northwest Sonora), and Casas Grandes cultures. The comparison will provide the basis for an examination of interactions among these areas and with Mesoamerica. To achieve this, we first intend to discern and define the archaeological traditions within the Onavas Valley and then examine non-local interactions with the aforementioned neighboring areas. We plan to accomplish this goal via three approaches: 1) by building a local chronology and a diagnostic inventory of recorded material culture; 2) by establishing the landscape structure (settlement pattern and ritual and ethnic landscape) of the area; and 3) by collecting and analyzing evidence for the manufacture, use, and exchange of trade goods.Beyond research questions of interest to archaeology, this project will have a broader impact by enhancing the level of public understanding of archaeology in the communities of the Onavas Valley and in Sonora, and in the Southwest of United States. The project will establish a basis for future archaeological research and education in the area by enhancing research collaboration between U.S. and Mexican scholars, and collaboration with the local communities by involving students and volunteers from both countries, and employing local workers. Public outreach efforts (posters, school visits, town meetings) have been undertaken already in the principal communities of the Onavas Valley and will continue during and after data collection and analysis. Furthermore, the results of this investigation will be disseminated at scientific meetings and in journals in both countries, in both Spanish and English. Mexican and American students will gain personal and educational experience by participating in a bi-national project and training in the methods of field survey and material analyses.

在保罗·R·菲什（Paul R. Fish）博士的监督下，地理和物理状况使Yaqui河成为三个公认的考古区域之间的天然堤道：中美洲，美国西南部和奇瓦瓦州的卡萨斯·格兰德斯（Casas Grandes）。尽管研究人员对中美洲和美国西南部之间的西班牙裔时期的联系很长一段时间都在辩论，但人们对所建议的互动之间的发生范围众所周知。有几乎没有考古证据表明，人们，外壳（用于珠宝）和其他产品从索诺拉海岸穿过Yaqui河谷，可能已经到达了马德雷西部塞拉西尔斯山脉东侧的卡萨斯·格兰德斯（Casas Grandes）或美国西南部的美国。 The Onavas Valley Project will provide important data allowing preliminary but critical insights into how pre-Hispanic communities interacted with their environment and their neighbors in a poorly known portion of Northwest Mexico.The main objective of this project is to compare the cultural landscape of the Onavas Valley with those of the Hohokam (in the U.S. Southwest), Cerro de Trincheras (northwest Sonora), and Casas格兰德文化。该比较将为检查这些领域之间的相互作用以及与中美洲的相互作用提供基础。为了实现这一目标，我们首先打算辨别和定义Onavas山谷中的考古传统，然后检查与上述邻近地区的非本地相互作用。我们计划通过三种方法来实现这一目标：1）建立本地年表和记录材料文化的诊断清单； 2）通过建立该地区的景观结构（定居模式，仪式和种族景观）； 3）通过收集和分析贸易商品的制造，使用和交流的证据。BEYOND研究对考古学的研究问题，该项目将通过提高Onavas Valley和Sonora和Sonora社区以及在美国西南部的公众对考古学的了解，从而产生更广泛的影响。该项目将通过加强美国和墨西哥学者之间的研究合作，并与当地社区合作，通过参与来自两国的学生和志愿者以及雇用当地工人来为该地区的未来考古研究和教育建立基础。已经在Onavas Valley的主要社区进行了公共宣传工作（海报，学校访问，城镇会议），并将在数据收集和分析期间继续进行。此外，这项调查的结果将在西班牙语和英语的两个国家的科学会议和期刊上传播。墨西哥和美国学生将通过参加双方国家项目和培训现场调查和物质分析方法，从而获得个人和教育经验。