Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: Seventeenth Century Metallurgy on the Spanish Colonial Frontier: Transformations of Technology, Value and Identity

博士论文研究改进补助金：西班牙殖民边疆的十七世纪冶金学：技术、价值和身份的转变

• 批准号: 0606747
• 负责人: David Killick
• 金额: $ 1.19万
• 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: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-15 至 2008-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0606747&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Improvement; Grant

Under the supervision of Dr. David J. Killick, Noah Thomas will investigate the early seventeenth century metal working facility located within the site of Paa-ko (LA 162), in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Paa-ko is a large adobe and masonry pueblo located on the east side of the Sandia Mountains with a long history of occupation, including pre-colonial and colonial period components. The excavation of the metal working facility over eight field seasons has revealed a diverse and intensive technological repertoire involving copper and lead smelting technologies, attempts at precious metal refining, copper smithing and iron forging. Using a synthesis of data obtained from historical sources, archaeological investigation and materials analyses, Thomas' research will investigate the ways in which these technologies were introduced and developed over the use life of the facility. Ongoing research into the faunal, pollen and macrobotanical assemblages of the historic component of Paa-ko indicate a complex relationship between the introduction of European goods and animals and a continuity of food processing practices. The metallurgical analysis will also contribute to understanding processes of technology transfer during early colonial encounters between colonists and indigenous populations. Thomas' research will investigate the strategies employed by both Native American and Spanish colonial metallurgists to establish the new technology within the incipient economic, social and technical networks of the new colony. It will also investigate in detail how a new technology becomes adopted and incorporated within pre-colonial forms of practice. In addition to contributing to anthropological understandings of technology transfer, this research will contribute to a more general understanding of the deep history of mineral use in the region. The economic history of the Southwest from initial colonization to its current inclusion in the global economy has revolved around the potential for the exploitation of the region's mineral resources. This project examines the changes in mineral resource use that occurred as the result of European colonization. These themes have been presented to the public in the form of public lectures to communities in vicinity of Paa-ko, in the form of site tours for the local community during the excavation of the metallurgical terrace, in general interest publications for the region, and in technical reports for the State Historic Preservation Office of New Mexico. The results of Thomas' research will also be incorporated into an exhibit at the Arizona State Museum entitled Gems and Minerals from Prehistory to the Present to go on exhibition in February 2007. This exhibit will present the deep history, social and economic significance of mineral exploitation in the region to a diverse audience including K-12th grade education institutions throughout southern Arizona.

在戴维·J·基里克（David J. Killick）博士的监督下，诺亚·托马斯（Noah Thomas）将调查位于新墨西哥州伯纳利洛县（Bernalillo County）的Paa-ko（LA 162）所在地的17世纪初期的金属工作设施。 Paa-ko是位于桑迪亚山脉东侧的大型Adobe和Masonry Pueblo，其占领历史悠久，包括殖民时期和殖民时期的成分。 在八个实地季节中的金属工作设施的发掘揭示了涉及铜和铅冶炼技术的多样化和密集的技术曲目，尝试珍贵金属炼油，铜碎和铁锻造。 利用从历史来源，考古研究和材料分析获得的数据的综合，托马斯的研究将研究这些技术在设施的使用寿命中引入和开发这些技术的方式。 对PAA-KO历史性组成部分的动物，花粉和大型植物组合进行的正在进行的研究表明，欧洲商品和动物的引入与食品加工实践的连续性之间存在复杂的关系。 冶金分析还将有助于理解殖民者和土著人口之间的早期殖民地相遇过程中的技术转移过程。 托马斯的研究将调查美洲原住民和西班牙殖民冶金学家采用的战略，以在新殖民地的初步经济，社会和技术网络中建立新技术。它还将详细研究如何采用新技术并将其纳入前殖民形式的实践形式中。除了有助于对技术转移的人类学理解，这项研究还将有助于对该地区矿物使用的深刻历史有更一般的了解。西南从最初的殖民化到目前纳入全球经济的经济历史围绕着剥削该地区矿产资源的潜力。该项目研究了欧洲殖民化导致的矿产资源使用的变化。 这些主题已以向Paa-Ko附近社区的公开演讲的形式呈现给公众，以冶金露台进行挖掘期间，以当地社区的现场游览形式，为该地区的一般利益出版物以及新墨西哥州国家历史保护办公室的技术报告。 托马斯（Thomas）研究的结果也将被纳入亚利桑那州立博物馆的展览中，题为《从史前到现在》（The Presentory）到现在的矿物质和矿物质。