Accumulations research in the Southwest United States: middle-range theory for big-picture problems
Accumulations research in the Southwest United States: middle-range theory for big-picture problems
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美国西南部的积累研究：大局问题的中层理论
DOI：
10.1080/0043824042000329603
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
S. Ortman
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文献类型：
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作者：
Mark D. Varien;S. Ortman
积累研究考察了理解考古记录的三个基本变量：时间，人口规模和文物的积累。这种类型的研究已经进行了世纪，并保持生产力，因为它解决了基本的考古学问题和广泛的人类学兴趣的问题。本文通过对科罗拉多西南部普韦布洛考古遗址中烹饪陶片的积累进行分析，阐述了积累研究的原则和益处。证据总结表明，烹饪陶片是一个特别好的人工制品类别的积累研究。然后，一个年累积率的破碎烹饪陶瓷碎片的开发和使用的十九个小居住点的职业跨度进行了分析。最后，利用垃圾堆积与职业年限的关系，分析了一个大村庄的职业史。在整个过程中，积累的研究是用来捆绑在一起的网站结构，农业集约化，家庭住宅的流动性，土地保有权，村庄的形成和政治发展的历史模式。
Accumulations research examines three variables fundamental to understanding the archaeological record: time, population size, and the accumulation of artifacts. This type of research has been conducted for over a century, and remains productive because it addresses both basic archaeological problems and questions of broad anthropological interest. This paper illustrates the principles and benefits of accumulations research by analyzing the accumulation of cooking potsherds at ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in south-western Colorado. Evidence is summarized to demonstrate that cooking potsherds are an especially good artifact category for accumulations research. Then, an annual accumulation rate for broken cooking potsherds is developed and used to analyze the occupation spans of nineteen small habitation sites. Finally, the relationship between midden accumulations and occupation span is used to analyze the occupational history of a large village. Throughout, accumulations research is used to tie together historical patterns in site structure, agricultural intensification, household residential mobility, land tenure, village formation, and political development.