Dissertation Research: Occupational History of an Early Ceramic Age Settlement on the North Coast of Puerto Rico

论文研究：波多黎各北海岸早期陶瓷时代定居点的职业史

• 批准号: 8822317
• 负责人: Albert Jr. Dekin
• 金额: $ 0.74万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Binghamton
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-03-01 至 1991-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8822317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Occupational; History; Early

Dr. Dekin and graduate student Peter Siegel will obtain dates on a series of archaeological materials from the site of Maisable which is located on the north coast of Puerto Rico. Through careful excavation, Mr. Siegel has exposed portions of an early village and delineated both houses and associated mounds. He has also uncovered a number of human skeletons. Based on associated artifacts and several radiocarbon dates, it appears that two consecutive occupations, possibly by different cultural groups, took place at Maisable but the evidence is not conclusive. Mr. Siegel will submit both bone samples and carbonized wood to the University of Arizona for radiocarbon dating. A series of potsherds will be sent to the University of Durham for thermolumenescent dating. The results should allow more secure chronological placement of the different phases of occupation. Archaeologists have proposed several models for the population of Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico. The "wave theory" postulates successive series of immigrants who move across the island chain. Cultural changes observed in the archaeological record are attributed to the influx of new immigrants. Other prehistorians envision greater population continuity and argue that much change occurs through in situ development with no population replacement. Unfortunately, the data are not available to evaluate these contrasting hypotheses. Careful dating of Maisable should contribute to an answer. This research is important for several reasons. Relatively little archaeological research has been conducted in Puerto Rico and Maisable will help to rectify this situation. Secondly, this project should increase our understanding of how cultures change, and how this change can be discerned in the archaeological record. Finally, since the results will be used by Mr. Siegel in his doctoral research, they will assist in the professional development of a promising young scientist.

德金博士和研究生彼得·西格尔将获得 一系列考古材料的日期， Maisable位于波多黎各北海岸。 通过仔细的挖掘，西格尔先生已经暴露了 早期的村庄和划定的房屋和相关的土丘。 他还发现了一些人类骨骼。 基于 相关的文物和几个放射性碳年代测定， 两个连续的职业，可能是由不同的文化 在Maisable发生，但证据不是 结论性的 西格尔先生会把骨头样本和 亚利桑那大学的放射性碳 约会 一系列的陶片将被送往大学， 达勒姆进行热释光测年。 结果应该允许 更安全的时间顺序安排的不同阶段， 职业. 考古学家提出了几种模型， 加勒比海岛屿，如波多黎各。 “波浪理论” 假设连续一系列的移民穿越 岛链 考古学中观察到的文化变迁 新移民的涌入是造成这一记录的原因。 其他 史前史学家设想更大的人口连续性，并认为 许多变化是通过原地开发发生的， 人口更替。 不幸的是，数据并不 来评估这些对立的假设。 小心 Maisable的年代应该有助于找到答案 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。 相对 在波多黎各进行的考古研究很少 而Maisable会帮助我们扭转这种局面 其次 项目应该增加我们对文化如何变化的理解， 以及这种变化如何在考古学中被发现 记录 最后，由于结果将被西格尔先生用于 他的博士研究，他们将协助专业 培养一位有前途的年轻科学家。