Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Traditions in the Ozark Highlands

博士论文改进补助金：奥扎克高地的传统

• 批准号: 0731401
• 负责人: David Browman
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0731401&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Traditions

The Ozark Highland Bluffshelters have yielded an extraordinarily well-preserved archaeological record of fabric artifacts and associated fiber materials unusual for the southeastern United States. Under the supervision of Dr. David L. Browman Elizabeth T. Horton will analyze the perishable materials in the Ozark Bluffshelter Collections at the University of Arkansas Museum. Artifacts such as woven plant-fiber storage bags full of foodstuffs, fishing and hunting nets, and finely woven cloth are common in this collection and range in age from approximately 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D. Horton's study focuses on the late prehistoric period (ca. A.D. 800-1500), in order to understand both innovation and long-term stability in fabric technologies within the context of broader cultural processes.Documenting changes in technological traditions can illuminate processes such as the trade and exchange of technological skills, as well as the creation and maintenance of social boundaries between co-existing social groups. Horton's study will entail microscopic examination of fibers and an analysis of artifact construction, in order to understand patterned variation in fabric technologies. Her project explores the unique ways in which this "soft" technology reflects the distinct boundaries of small groups of producers, their relationships with other such groups, and their impact on regional patterns of exchange and interaction. Her study also traces the ways in which technological traditions and plant use change over time within a specific region. This project enhances the ability to model relationships between material culture patterning, technological traditions and social groups, contributes to ongoing attempts to refine anthropological approaches to determining the material correlates of social boundaries, and will substantially enhance the anthropological understanding of prehistoric social processes in the Ozark Highlands. Beyond research questions of interest to social scientists, this project will enhance public understanding of the depth and breadth of prehistoric technologies and access to technical information for contemporary native and non-native artisans and researchers. The creation of a database for the University of Arkansas Museum and the Osage Nation's Cultural Center will improve access to information about the collection for researchers, artisans, and native communities. With Osage consultation, this database is expected to be incorporated into a website enhancing public visibility of these traditions. Publication in refereed journals and tribal newsletters will aid in communicating results to both the scientific and descent communities.Urban development, looting, vandalism and changing patterns of land use have almost completely destroyed the archaeological record of the bluffshelters and caves of the Ozark Highlands. Museum collections are increasingly the sole source of information about some of the most ephemeral aspects of the archaeological record. Increasingly, archaeologists are turning to museum collections in order to ask new questions, due to past destruction of much of the archaeological record and the need to conserve the remnants. Horton's project is critical for both the preservation of materials themselves and the knowledge of plant use and fabric technologies of pre-Columbian First American communities in the Southeastern United States.

Ozark Highland Bluffshelters在美国东南部的织物伪影和相关纤维材料的保存完好的考古记录中，对美国东南部的材料不寻常。 在戴维·L·布罗曼（David L. 诸如编织的植物纤维储物袋之类的文物，装满食物，钓鱼和狩猎网以及精细编织的布在此系列中很常见，并且年龄在公元前约1500年。到公元1500年，霍顿的研究重点是史前时期（约公元800-1500），以便在更广泛的文化过程中了解织物技术中的创新和长期稳定性。对技术传统的变化进行了详细说明，可以照亮诸如技术技能和社交范围的贸易群体，以及社交的界限，以及社交的界限。 霍顿的研究将需要对纤维进行微观检查和人工制品结构的分析，以了解织物技术的图案变化。 她的项目探讨了这种“软”技术反映小组生产者，与其他此类群体的关系及其对区域交换和互动模式的影响的独特方式。 她的研究还追踪了特定区域内技术传统和植物使用随时间变化的方式。 该项目增强了建模物质文化模式，技术传统和社会群体之间关系的能力，有助于持续尝试改进人类学方法来确定社会边界的物质相关性，并将大大增强对奥扎克高地史前社会过程的人类学理解。除了对社会科学家感兴趣的研究问题之外，该项目还将增强公众对史前技术的深度和广度的理解，并访问当代本地和非本地工匠和研究人员的技术信息。 为阿肯色大学博物馆和Osage Nation的文化中心创建数据库将改善有关研究人员，工匠和土著社区收藏的信息的访问。 通过OSAGE咨询，预计该数据库将被纳入一个网站，以增强这些传统的公众知名度。 在被裁量期刊和部落新闻通讯中的出版物将有助于将结果传达给科学和后裔社区。城市发展，抢劫，破坏，破坏土地使用模式几乎完全破坏了Ozark高地的Bluffshelters和Ozark Highlands的洞穴的考古记录。 博物馆收藏越来越多地是有关考古记录中一些最短暂的方面的唯一信息来源。 考古学家越来越多地转向博物馆收藏，以提出新的问题，这是由于大部分考古记录的破坏以及保存残余的需要。 霍顿的项目对于保存材料本身以及美国东南部哥伦比亚前第一美国社区的植物使用和面料技术的知识至关重要。