Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: Visible Markers of Group Affiliation and Social Position

博士论文改进奖：团体归属和社会地位的可见标记

• 批准号: 1745759
• 负责人: Ronald Towner
• 金额: $ 2.98万
• 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: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1745759&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Award; Visible

In this doctoral dissertation award Benjamin Bellorado a graduate student from the University of Arizona, working under the supervision of Dr. Ronald Towner, will collect data for his PhD dissertation. Thus, in addition to the resultant knowledge this grant will serve to further the intellectual development and career trajectory of a promising young scientist. Using long term archaeological data the project investigates the often subtle ways in which individuals signal group affiliation as well as within group status based on visible symbols. The research employs an archaeological example drawn from the prehistoric US Southwest to examine variation in symbol usage over time and correlate it with dramatic changes which occurred in social organization. While it is clear within a present day context that symbols such as jewelry or head covering may reflect group affiliation, this archaeological analysis offers the opportunity to examine variation over time spans measured in centuries. This study will be of particular interest to Southwest Native Americans as it provides insight into tribal history. Using the Ancestral Pueblo region during the tenth through thirteenth centuries as a case study, this research will considers the complex ways groups transformed the visibility of different aspects of their material world to communicate important messages about boundaries, group inclusiveness, and social identities over time. It also addresses much broader issues of adaptation and identity in times of great cultural changes on religious and political levels at multiple scales, providing new information about societal disruption and reformation associated with the Chaco system and its reorganization. Museum collections will be studied to measure and photograph sandals, acquire samples for AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) dating, and compile data from prior descriptive and chronometric documentation of building murals and rock art depicting sandals. With these data it will be possible to construct a tight chronological sequence to determine how sandal design styles were manipulated to signal membership within groups of different scales and organizational structures during the turbulent Chaco and post-Chaco eras.

在这项博士学位论文奖中，亚利桑那大学的研究生本杰明·贝洛拉多（Benjamin Bellorado）在罗纳德·汤纳（Ronald Towner）博士的监督下工作，将收集其博士学位论文的数据。因此，除了最终的知识之外，这笔赠款还将进一步促进一位有前途的年轻科学家的知识发展和职业轨迹。使用长期的考古数据，该项目研究了基于可见符号的个人信号组隶属关系以及在组状态内的经常微妙的方式。该研究采用了一个考古示例，该示例是从史前美国西南地区提取的，以检查符号使用的变化，并将其与社会组织中发生的巨大变化相关联。尽管在当今的环境中很明显，诸如珠宝或头部覆盖之类的符号可能反映了群体的隶属关系，但该考古分析为检查了几个世纪以来跨越时间的变化提供了机会。这项研究将引起西南美洲原住民的尤其感兴趣，因为它可以洞悉部落历史。该研究将使用祖先的普韦布洛地区作为一个案例研究，将考虑复杂的方式来考虑各种物质世界各个方面的可见性，以传达有关边界，群体包容性和社会身份的重要信息。它还解决了在多个规模上对宗教和政治层面上的文化变化发生巨大变化时，适应和身份的更广泛问题，提供了有关与查科系统及其重组相关的社会破坏和改革的新信息。将研究博物馆的收藏品以测量和拍摄凉鞋，获取AMS的样品（加速器质谱）约会，并从先前描述性和计时性的壁画和描绘凉鞋的岩石艺术的文档中编译数据。通过这些数据，可以构建一个紧密的时间顺序序列，以确定如何操纵凉鞋设计样式，以在湍流的Chaco和Chaco后eras期间不同尺度和组织结构组内的信号成员身份。