Dissertation Research: Prehispanic Dynamics of Settlement in the Lower Tiwanaku Valley (Bolivia)

论文研究：下蒂亚瓦纳库山谷（玻利维亚）的西班牙前定居动态

• 批准号: 8919021
• 负责人: David Freidel
• 金额: $ 0.93万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 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: 1989-11-01 至 1992-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8919021&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Prehispanic; Dynamics; Settlement

Under the direction of Dr. David Freidel, Mr. Juan Albarracin- Jordan will conduct archaeological research in the Tiwanaku Valley to collect data for his doctoral thesis. For more than a millennium (ca. AD 100-1200), the northern Bolivian site of Tiwanaku was the paramount city of the Lake Titicaca basin which was, in turn, one of the great demographic centers of native Andean civilization. However, despite Tiwanaku's important position in the prehistory of the Andes - it is one of the early centers of state formation - little is known about its economic history and how it rose to prominence, governed an empire, and then declined. Mr. Albarracin-Jordan's research will help fill that gap. One issue of particular concern is how the land, much of which is unfarmed today, was able to support such a large population. What are the crops and the farming strategies which these ancient Andeans employed? Mr. Albarracin-Jordan will focus on this issue. Rather than excavate in the city center, he will study what likely is the richest agricultural area, conduct a systematic survey, make collections of surface materials, and map and excavate selected sites. These data should provide important information on population distribution and landscape use. This research is important for several reasons. It will shed light on a little understood aspect of South American prehistory. The Tiwanaku empire rose quickly and extended its influence rapidly over a wide area. This history is little understood. Secondly, it will increase our understanding of the more general question of how complex societies such as our own arise and are maintained. Finally, it will contribute to the training of an extremely promising young scientist.

在大卫·弗赖德尔博士的指导下，胡安·阿尔瓦拉辛先生- 约旦将在蒂瓦纳库进行考古研究 谷为他的博士论文收集数据。 一个多 千禧年（CA。公元100-1200年），玻利维亚北方的遗址， 蒂瓦纳库是的的喀喀湖盆地的最高城市， 反过来，也是原住民最大的人口统计中心之一， 安第斯文明。 然而，尽管Tiwanaku的重要 在安第斯山脉史前的位置-这是一个早期的 国家形成中心-对其经济状况知之甚少 历史以及它如何崛起，统治一个帝国， 然后拒绝了。 阿尔瓦拉辛-乔丹先生的研究将有助于填补 这个差距。 一个特别令人关注的问题是， 如今无人耕种却能养活这么多人 这些古老的农业生产方式 安第斯人就业？ Albarracin-Jordan先生将重点关注这一点 问题. 他不会在市中心挖掘， 什么可能是最富有的农业区，进行一次 系统调查，收集表面材料和制图 并挖掘选定的地点。 这些数据将提供重要的 人口分布和景观利用的信息。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。 它会脱落 了解南美史前史的一个鲜为人知的方面。 蒂瓦纳库帝国迅速崛起并扩大了影响力 在广阔的区域迅速。 这段历史鲜为人知。 其次，它会增加我们对更普遍的认识 问题是，像我们这样复杂的社会是如何产生和发展的？ 树立政治意识 最后，它将有助于培训一名 非常有前途的年轻科学家