Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: A Case Study of Jaketown Social Organization

博士论文改进补助金：以 Jaketown 社会组织为例

• 批准号: 2032257
• 负责人: Tristram Kidder
• 金额: $ 2.7万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2032257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Case

Hunter-gatherers are thought to live in small groups with no formal leaders. However, recent research indicates that hunter-gatherers in the past had a variety of forms of leadership and ways of organizing themselves. Within this broader context this project will use the scale and pace of earthen mound building at a site in Mississippi as a proxy for understanding the extent of leadership required to construct labor intensive monuments. The monumental landscape presents an ideal case study for hunter-gatherer socio-political organization, and specifically the relationships between leadership, planning, mound building, and the Native histories that led to the remarkable Poverty Point phenomenon. The Jaketown site is a registered National Historic Place and learning more about the social organization of the extraordinary Poverty Point culture and the monuments they left behind will add to the already significant heritage value of the site. Furthermore, the research team is committed to collaborating with the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes in generating and sharing knowledge. The researchers will excavate three mounds. Using standard archaeological methods augmented with geoarchaeological approaches, they will recover stratigraphic evidence and artifacts, including material for radiocarbon dating, that will allow them to explore how quickly these mounds were built, and if they were built at the same time. If the mounds were built quickly and simultaneously it suggests planning and leadership. Building multiple mounds quickly requires effort and coordination that that surpasses the capability of a household; some person or persons need to mobilize the labor, direct the work, and ensure resources were available to workers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

人们认为，狩猎采集者生活在没有正式领导人的小团体中。但是，最近的研究表明，过去的狩猎采集者有多种形式的领导和组织方式。在更广泛的背景下，该项目将利用密西西比州一个地点的土丘建筑的规模和速度作为理解建造劳动密集型古迹所需的领导范围的代理。纪念性景观为狩猎 - 采集者社会政治组织提供了理想的案例研究，尤其是领导力，规划，土墩建筑和导致巨大贫困点现象的本地历史之间的关系。 Jaketown网站是一个注册的国家历史景点，并了解了有关非凡贫困点文化的社会组织，而他们留下的纪念碑将增加该地点的遗产价值。此外，研究团队致力于与Chickasaw和Choctaw部落合作，以产生和共享知识。研究人员将挖掘三个土墩。使用标准的考古学方法增强了地理学方法，它们将恢复地层证据和人工制品，包括放射性碳年代的材料，这将使他们能够探索这些土堆的建造速度，以及它们是否同时建造。如果这些土墩是迅速而同时建造的，则建议计划和领导。迅速建造多个土墩需要超过家庭能力的努力和协调。有些人或个人需要动员劳动，指导工作并确保工人可以使用资源。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持的。