Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: El Cholo: A Case Study Evaluating Site Variability and Social Organization in the Upper General Valley, Costa Rica

博士论文改进补助金：El Cholo：评估哥斯达黎加上将军谷场地变异性和社会组织的案例研究

• 批准号: 0712826
• 负责人: Garth Bawden
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0712826&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; El; Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; El

Under the direction of Dr. Garth L. Bawden, Roberto A. Herrera will conduct extensive surface and sub-surface investigations at El Cholo, one of several Formative Period, Aguas Buenas phase (300BC-AD800) mound sites in the Diquis region of Southern Costa Rica. El Cholo, located within a region commonly known as the Intermediate Area, represents a unique opportunity to investigate what is understood to be a poorly defined archaeological region. The area has posed an interesting problem since the beginning of investigations in the 19th century, presenting distinctive variation when compared against generally accepted Mesoamerican and South American models of cultural evolution and social complexity. Whereas areas such as the Valley of Mexico and the Andes saw the rise of state-level societies, the Intermediate Area maintained stable, middle-range levels of social complexity, ostensibly from the Formative period up to European contact. It is the duration of this relative stability that is interesting when compared to extant models of social evolution. The investigation of El Cholo will explore a component of this larger question by examining previous hypotheses which propose that the emergence of monumental architecture (i.e. cobble platform mounds) results from the rise of incipient chiefs and specialists who begin the process of consolidating power through socio-ritual and economic means. In light of recent research, Mr. Herrera proposes that these platforms could also be produced through community level labor organized along corporate lines rather than established hierarchical chiefdoms. Anthropologically, the area and the case site embody an underutilized data sample that can be used to explore vital questions regarding the development of social complexity and inequality.In addition to the contribution that Mr. Herrera's research will have within the anthropological and academic community, the project will be able to provide an opportunity for outreach to local communities by engaging the local population and promoting a sense of stewardship in the national patrimony, promoting interest in what is increasingly an endangered cultural resource. Herrera's work will not only be made available to the academic community but also disseminated in local Costa Rican public forums as well as in public outreach lectures.

在Garth L. Bawden博士的指导下，Roberto A. Herrera将在El Cholo进行广泛的地面和地下调查，这是几个形成期的一个形成期之一，Aguas Buenas阶段（300BC-AD800）土墩在哥斯达黎加南部Diquis地区的地点。 El Cholo位于一个通常被称为中间区域的地区，是研究被理解为一个不明确定定义的考古区域的独特机会。自19世纪的调查开始以来，该领域提出了一个有趣的问题，与普遍接受的中美洲和南美文化进化和社会复杂性模型相比，它表现出了独特的差异。尽管墨西哥山谷和安第斯山脉等地区看到了州级社会的兴起，但中间地区维持稳定的中间社会复杂性水平，从表面上讲，从形成阶段到欧洲接触。与现存的社会进化模型相比，这种相对稳定性的持续时间很有趣。对El Cholo的调查将通过研究以前的假设来探讨这个更大问题的组成部分，这些假设表明，纪念性建筑的出现（即拼凑型平台丘）是由于初期的首领和专家的兴起而造成的，他们开始通过社会和经济手段来巩固权力的过程。鉴于最近的研究，埃雷拉先生建议，这些平台也可以通过沿着公司界线组织而不是建立的等级首席执行的社区级劳动来生产。从人类学上讲，该地区和案例现场体现了一个未充分利用的数据样本，该样本可用于探索有关社会复杂性和不平等发展的重要问题。除了赫雷拉先生的研究将在人类学和学术社区内提供的贡献，该项目将能够通过促进当地人的兴趣来促进当地人的兴趣，以促进当地人的兴趣，以促进人们的兴趣，以促进国家的兴趣，从而促进居民的意义，从而使人们能够促进人们的兴趣，从而促进人们的意愿，从而促进居民的意义，从而使人们能够促进人们的兴趣。文化资源。埃雷拉（Herrera）的作品不仅将提供给学术界，而且还将在当地的哥斯达黎加公共论坛以及公共宣传讲座中传播。