Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Ecology in the Western Great Basin

西部大盆地的史前狩猎采集生态

• 批准号: 8704094
• 负责人: Robert Kelly
• 金额: $ 8万
• 依托单位: University of Louisville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-08-01 至 1990-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8704094&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Prehistoric; Hunter; Gatherer; Ecology; Western

Dr. Robert Kelly will conduct one season of archaeological fieldwork in the Carson Sink region of western Nevada. Because of heavy rains in this area in recent years major runoff has occurred and this has exposed an archaeological treasure trove of buried houses as well as cultural materials and human skeletal remains. Because these sites will be subjected to further erosion and possible looting it is important that archaeological research be begun as quickly as possible. Dr. Kelly and his collaborators will conduct a basic reconnaissance of sites and determine which are the most promising for further large scale excavation. This will be determined by mapping site features, controlled surface grid collection, and test excavations of a sample of features. With this data it will be possible to develop a detailed excavation plan for future years. Occupation of the Carson Sink area began about 5000 B.P. and the first villages appeared about 1500 B.P. Over most of that period the region was marshy and the inhabitants presumably made use of local resources. This project will provide the first thorough investigation of pithouse villages and of the origins of a sedentary, marsh-oriented economy. It will contribute to our understanding of the relationship between subsistence and hunter- gatherer mobility and to an understanding of the sedentarization process. This research is important for several reasons. It will increase our understanding of how, over the long run, humans at a simple level of organization cope with shifting and unpredictable environments and thus shed light on the process of human adaptation. It will also rescue extremely important archaeological materials which otherwise would be lost.

罗伯特·凯利博士将进行一季的考古 在内华达州西部的卡森辛克地区的实地考察。因为 近年来，该地区的暴雨主要径流量 这暴露了一个考古宝藏 被掩埋的房屋以及文化材料和人类骨骼 仍然存在。因为这些遗址会受到进一步的侵蚀 和可能的抢劫，重要的是， 尽快开始。凯利博士和他的合作者 将对现场进行基本侦察， 是最有希望进行进一步大规模挖掘的这 将通过测绘现场特征、受控表面 网格收集，并测试挖掘的功能样本。 有了这些数据，就有可能制定一个详细的 未来几年的挖掘计划。 对卡森下沉区的占领开始于大约5000 B.P.， 第一个村庄大约在公元前1500年出现 该地区是沼泽和居民大概利用 本地资源。该项目将提供第一个彻底的 对棚屋村庄和一个起源的调查 以沼泽为导向的经济这将有助于我们 对生存和狩猎之间关系的理解 收集者的流动性和对定居化的理解 过程 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。将加大 我们对长期以来人类如何在一个简单的 科普变化和不可预测组织水平 环境，从而揭示人类的过程 适应它也将拯救极其重要的 考古材料，否则将丢失。