Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Woodland Period Interaction: Swift Creek on the Atlantic Coast, AD 200-800.

博士论文改进补助金：林地时期的相互作用：大西洋海岸的斯威夫特溪，公元 200-800 年。

• 批准号: 0744235
• 负责人: Kenneth Sassaman
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0744235&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Woodland

Under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Sassaman, Neill Wallis will investigate patterns of interaction among Woodland period (ca. 3000-1000 BP) populations on the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia. Sites in this region provide material evidence of consistent social contact across a variety of distances. The most ubiquitous data come from Swift Creek earthenware vessels, a type of pottery involved in interactions across much of the Eastern Woodlands. Mr. Wallis' analysis of pottery assemblages from 13 sites seeks to understand the frequency, locations, and directions of exchange and other interactions through a combination of technological, functional, and clay source data. Ultimately, this research aims to determine what kinds of interaction Atlantic coastal populations engaged in and how these social connections shaped local social structure and practice. Anthropological research has often emphasized that interaction among populations is central to the development of local societies and cultures. Archaeological investigations of interaction often emphasize the widespread exchange of socially-restricted ritual paraphernalia and prestige goods. The absence of these items, however, often makes it difficult to identify the kinds of interactions that took place and how these connections influenced the lives of local people. A unique opportunity to study interaction comes from Swift Creek complicated stamped pottery that was produced and circulated throughout the lower Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, and Florida) for nearly a millennium (ca. cal AD 100 to 900). Archaeologists have demonstrated that Swift Creek earthenware vessels and the carved wooden paddles used to decorate them were distributed in patterns independent of prestige goods. To determine precisely what type of interaction was responsible for the distribution of Swift Creek pottery on the Atlantic coast, Mr. Wallis will use two complimentary methods to analyze assemblages from both burial mounds and village middens that may each correspond with different forms of interaction. First, Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) and petrographic analysis of clay samples and pottery will be used to differentiate between local and foreign-made vessels at sites. Second, technofunctional analysis of pottery at each site will document site-specific trends in the manufacture, use, and deposition of vessels that could be related to exchange and interaction. Taken together, these data will be used to evaluate various models of interaction across the region. This research will contribute to anthropological understanding of the patterns and purposes of interaction among small-scale societies. The research is especially important in documenting heightened levels of exchange and interaction independent of obviously socially restricted items that are a common focus of archaeological study. The project has many broader impacts as well. Mr. Wallis will receive specialized training in Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis. Moreover, the research is inter-institutional in nature, drawing on nine institutions for artifact collections and training. The results of analysis will be presented in a poster displayed at each of the lending institutions as well as a companion website. Lastly, important data will be recovered from vulnerable collections excavated during many salvage and private contract archaeology projects.

在肯尼斯·萨萨曼（Kenneth Sassaman）博士的指导下，尼尔·沃利斯（Neill Wallis）将研究佛罗里达州和佐治亚州大西洋海岸的林地时期（约3000-1000 bp）之间的相互作用模式。 该地区的站点提供了跨各种距离的社会接触一致的物质证据。 最普遍的数据来自Swift Creek陶器容器，这是一种涉及东部林地的互动的一种陶器。 沃利斯先生对13个地点的陶器组合的分析旨在通过技术，功能和粘土来源数据的结合来了解交换的频率，位置和方向以及其他相互作用。 最终，这项研究旨在确定从事哪些相互作用的大西洋沿海人口以及这些社会联系如何塑造当地的社会结构和实践。 人类学研究经常强调，人群之间的相互作用对于当地社会和文化的发展至关重要。 对互动的考古调查通常强调了社会限制的仪式用具和声望商品的广泛交流。 但是，这些项目的缺乏通常会使很难确定发生的互动种类以及这些联系如何影响当地人的生活。 研究互动的独特机会来自Swift Creek复杂的印章陶器，该陶器是在整个东南部（阿拉巴马州，佐治亚州和佛罗里达州）的近千年中生产和散发的（C. Cal Ad 100至900）。 考古学家证明，Swift Creek Eastenware船只和用于装饰它们的雕刻的木制桨的分布方式与声望商品无关。 为了确切确定哪种类型的相互作用负责在大西洋海岸的Swift Creek陶器的分布，Wallis先生将使用两种免费方法来分析来自埋葬丘和乡村中间的组合，它们可能与不同形式的相互作用相对应。 首先，粘土样品和陶器的仪器中子激活分析（INAA）和岩石学分析将用于区分位点的本地和外国制造的血管。 其次，对每个地点的陶器的技术进行分析将记录可能与交换和相互作用有关的船只的制造，使用和沉积中特定地点的趋势。 综上所述，这些数据将用于评估整个地区的各种交互模型。 这项研究将有助于人类学对小型社会之间相互作用的模式和目的的理解。 这项研究在记录与明显受社会限制的项目的相互限制的相互限制的过程中，这是考古研究的普遍重点，这一点尤其重要。 该项目也具有许多更广泛的影响。 Wallis先生将接受仪器中子激活分析的专门培训。 此外，这项研究本质上是机构间的，借鉴了九个用于人工制品收集和培训的机构。 分析结果将显示在每个贷款机构以及伴侣网站上显示的海报中。 最后，将从在许多打捞和私人合同考古项目中发掘的脆弱收藏中回收重要数据。