Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: Chronological Development of Complex Community Interactions

博士论文改进奖：复杂社区互动的时间发展

• 批准号: 2055111
• 负责人: Kathryn Brown
• 金额: $ 1.41万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at San Antonio
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2055111&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Award; Chronological

Scientists study the complex interconnections between the social, political, and economics systems that shaped past lifeways. Archaeology is well suited to this study because the material remains of the past are embedded with the sociopolitical and economic relationships at play when the materials were constructed. By investigating the production and distribution of ceramics used by cultures in the past, researchers can reconstruct the complex and interconnected relationships that existed in the region inhabited by this cultural group. The time-period under consideration saw dramatic shifts in social and political organization and tracing the patterns of organizational change in the material record is relevant to current understandings of modern sociopolitical and economic relationships that shape and are shaped by our interactions with material goods. The investigators plan to collaborate closely with local artisans and non-profit organizations to develop programs designed to encourage the safeguarding of cultural heritage as well as the education of members of local communities about cultural heritage and archaeology. This project was designed with inclusivity in mind, introducing creative project design and perspectives into the archaeological process, while ensuring that results are accessible to multiple voices. This doctoral dissertation project will model a ceramic economy by examining the production and distribution of fine-ware ceramic vessels from two sites to highlight the dynamic shifts in social complexity that occurred during this period. Within a framework of ritual economy, the study will analyze and compare the mineral and chemical compositions of ceramic assemblages from the sites to test the hypothesis that a larger site served as a node of public activity a place for political, social, and ritual congregation for local residents as well as those from other surrounding communities. To test this model, the doctoral student will conduct stylistic analysis, petrography, and Neutron Activation Analysis on the fine-ware ceramics from two assemblages. Micro-level characteristics of the vessels will reveal macro-level relationships between populations and their practices because these dynamics are embedded in the material record at the time of its production and distribution. Investigations of this nature highlight the inextricable link between the economic, political, and social structures that shape society.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.

科学家研究了塑造了过去生活的社会，政治和经济系统之间的复杂互连。考古学非常适合这项研究，因为过去的材料遗迹与建造材料时的社会政治和经济关系嵌入在一起。通过研究过去文化使用的陶瓷的生产和分布，研究人员可以重建该文化群体居住的地区存在的复杂和相互联系的关系。所考虑的时间周期在社会和政治组织中发生了巨大的转变，并追踪物质记录中组织变革的模式与当前对现代社会政治和经济关系的理解与我们与物质商品的互动所塑造的现代社会政治和经济关系。调查人员计划与当地工匠和非营利组织紧密合作，以开发旨在鼓励保护文化遗产以及当地社区成员对文化遗产和考古学的教育的计划。该项目的设计考虑了包容性，将创意项目设计和观点引入考古过程，同时确保多种声音可以访问结果。该博士学位论文项目将通过研究从两个地点的精细陶瓷船的生产和分布来建模陶瓷经济，以突出此期间发生的社会复杂性的动态转变。在仪式经济的框架内，该研究将分析和比较来自地点的陶瓷组合的矿物质和化学成分，以检验以下假设，即更大的地点是公共活动的节点，这是政治，社会和仪式会众的场所当地居民以及其他周围社区的居民。为了测试该模型，博士生将对来自两个组合的精细软件陶瓷进行风格分析，岩石学和中子激活分析。血管的微观特征将揭示人群及其实践之间的宏观关系，因为这些动态在其生产和分布时嵌入了材料记录中。对这种性质的调查强调了塑造社会的经济，政治和社会结构之间的无情联系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为是值得通过评估来支持的。