Dissertation Research: Agricultural Intensification and the Economic Organization of Prehistoric Chiefdoms in Southeastern Negros, Philippines

多年来，考古学家一直关注农业起源。在此基础上，本研究进一步分析了社会文化进化的下一个发展阶段——集约化的影响。该研究人员将为了解东南亚史前和历史农业系统的发展和强化提供重要的新信息。本研究特别讨论了农业集约化产生的剩余产品问题，以及酋长领地如何使用这些产品。研究人员将通过从菲律宾内格罗斯东南部发掘的考古数据来测试使用贵重物品的经济模型。世界上许多酋长级社会目前正在经历农业集约化的影响。这项研究将使我们更好地了解东南亚地区的经济和社会组织如何受到强化的影响。

For years archaeologists have focused on agricultural origins. This study goes beyond this endeavor by analyzing the effects of intensification, the next stage of development in socio-cultural evolution. The researcher will provide important new information for understanding the development and intensification of prehistoric and historic agricultural systems in Southeast Asia. This study specifically deals with the problem of surplus products generated by agricultural intensification and how these were used by chiefdoms. The researcher will test economic models of the use of prestige goods through archaeological data obtained from excavations in southeastern Negros, Philippines. Many chiefdom level societies around the world are currently experiencing the effects of agricultural intensification. This study will enable us to better understand how economic and social organizations have been affected by intensification in Southeast Asia.