Prehistory of the Jama River, Ecuador

厄瓜多尔贾马河的史前史

• 批准号: 8908703
• 负责人: James Zeidler
• 金额: $ 8.8万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-07-01 至 1992-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8908703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Prehistory; Jama; River; Ecuador

Drs. James Zeidler and Deborah Pearsall will collaborate for two seasons of fieldwork at the site of San Isidro which is located in the Jama drainage in northern Ecuador. They will continue to excavate at the site and also extend their survey of the surrounding region. San Isidro contains a large, centrally located earthen mound which suggests that it functioned as a regional ceremonial and administrative center. The site's size and monumental architecture imply the existence of surplus production capable of supporting a dense population, and materials recovered to date suggest that San Isidro was a major point of external contact and commodity flow both along the coast of Ecuador and between the coast and the highlands. The research team will excavate large blocks within the site to reconstruct settlement history and determine how it changed over time. Continued survey and test excavation at other sites will allow extension of this pattern to a regional level. Particular emphasis will be placed on subsistence technology and an attempt will be made to reconstruct the agricultural system. The goal of the research is to study the process of demographic growth as well as change in subsistence and the accompanying development of cultural complexity which took place in this tropical area of northern Ecuador. Although such complex societies arose in the tropics, many times, in different parts of the world, the underlying processes are not well understood. This research will allow the testing of different models. While Ecuador is known to be rich in prehistoric remains, little archaeological research has been conducted there. This project will help to remedy that situation.

Drs。James Zeidler和Deborah Pearsall将在位于厄瓜多尔北部Jama流域的San Isidro进行为期两个季节的实地考察。他们将继续在现场挖掘，并扩大对周围地区的调查。圣伊西德罗包含一个巨大的，位于中心的土丘，这表明它是一个区域仪式和行政中心。该遗址的规模和纪念性建筑暗示了过剩生产的存在，能够支持密集的人口，迄今为止恢复的材料表明，圣伊西德罗是厄瓜多尔海岸以及海岸和高地之间对外接触和商品流动的主要点。研究小组将在遗址内挖掘大块的石块，以重建定居点的历史，并确定它是如何随时间变化的。在其他地点继续进行的调查和测试挖掘将允许将这种模式扩展到区域一级。将特别强调生存技术，并将尝试重建农业系统。这项研究的目的是研究厄瓜多尔北部热带地区的人口增长过程以及生存变化和随之而来的文化复杂性发展。虽然这种复杂的社会在热带地区出现过，但在世界的不同地区出现过很多次，其潜在的过程还没有得到很好的理解。这项研究将允许测试不同的模型。虽然厄瓜多尔以其丰富的史前遗迹而闻名，但很少有考古研究在那里进行。这个项目将有助于纠正这种情况。