Dissertation Research: Early State Expansion in the Osmore Valley

布鲁斯欧文先生，一位来自英国剑桥大学的研究生， 加州、洛杉矶将在两点进行发掘 位于奥斯莫河谷下游的考古遗址， 秘鲁南部。 这些地点，埃尔阿尔戈多纳尔和洛雷托别霍，是， 在初步工作的基础上， 与蒂瓦纳库帝国的扩张有关。 的 蒂瓦纳库遗址位于玻利维亚高地， 它的影响力一直延伸到北方的秘鲁。 考古学家希望了解扩张是如何发生的， 偏远的殖民地，如奥斯莫河谷下游， were integrated集成with the core核心area区. 这样的检查会使 帝国是如何运作的 欧文先生将在这两个地点进行地面调查。 与 因此获得的信息，区域将被仔细选择 开挖 收集的数据将使重建的 这两个群体的社会组织。 地位的范围 例如，将确定差异。 经济 社区的基础也将重建和贸易 与Tiwanaku母殖民地的关系进行了审查。 分析 骨骼材料的分析可以让我们深入了解 殖民者和当地居民之间的关系 由于安第斯山脉靠近大海，这一地区的 南美洲由狭窄的生态区组成， 在可用的资源上。 因为食物真的是 有限的早期帝国被迫制定复杂的战略 生产和再分配商品， 在考古记录中。 因此，他们可以提供洞察力， 这些帝国是如何运作的 欧文先生的研究 有助于实现这一目标。 这项研究很重要，因为它将增加对 我们这样的复杂社会的出现。 它将 也有利于培养一个高素质的年轻人， 科学家

Mr. Bruce Owen, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, will conduct excavations at two archaeological sites located in the lower Osmore valley in southern Peru. The sites, El Algodonal and Loreto Viejo, were, on the basis of preliminary work, occupied between 300 and 1200 A.D. and relate to the expansion of the Tiwanaku empire. The massive site of Tiwanaku is located in the Bolivian highlands, and its influence extended far to the North into Peru. Archaeologists wish to understand how expansion occurred and how outlying colonies, such as those in the lower Osmore valley, wereintegrated with the core area. Such an examination will shed light on how the empire functioned. Mr. Owen will conduct surface surveys at both sites. With the information thus obtained, areas will be selected for careful excavation. Data collected will allow reconstruction of the social organization of both groups. The extent of status differential, for example, will be determined. The economic basis of the communities will also be reconstructed and trade relations with the parent colony of Tiwanaku examined. Analysis of skeletal material will permit insight into the relationship between colonists and the local population. Because the Andes Mountains come close to the sea, this area of South America consists of narrow ecological zones which differ greatly in resources available. Because foodstuffs are really limited, early empires were forced to devise complex strategies to both produce and redistribute goods and these can be discerned in the archaeological record. Thus, they can provide insight into how these empires functioned. Mr. Owen's research will contribute to this goal. The research is important because it will increase understanding of the emergence of complex societies such as our own. It will also facilitate the training of a highly competent, young scientist.