Dissertation Research: Early Archaic Settlement in the Yadkin-Pee Dee Drainage

在Vincas Steponaitis博士的指导下，I. Randolph Daniel先生将分析位于北卡罗来纳州斯坦利县哈达威遗址的考古材料。结果将被纳入丹尼尔先生的学位论文。哈达威遗址于20世纪60年代初被挖掘出来，但发现的材料尚未得到充分研究。这些化石可以追溯到距今10500年至8000年前的远古时期，记录了美洲原住民对最后一次冰川推进后出现的相对现代的生物群落的适应。丹尼尔先生会检查找到的岩石材料。通过对这些文物的分析，并与该地区的地质露头进行比较，他希望将原材料与它们的来源相匹配。这将提供有关哈达威人开发的地理范围的信息。他还将研究该地区其他遗址的藏品，将哈达威遗址置于更广泛的文化背景中。在此基础上，他将重建该地区的古代定居系统，并了解土著群体如何利用季节变化的环境。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将揭示美洲原住民文化的起源和发展。它还将揭示人类群体如何在技术简单的水平上适应变化的环境以及他们采用的策略。最后，它将有助于培养一位极有前途的年轻科学家。

Under the direction of Dr. Vincas Steponaitis, Mr. I. Randolph Daniel will analyze a body of archaeological material from the Hardaway site, located in Stanly County, North Carolina. The results will be incorporated into Mr. Daniel's dissertation thesis. The Hardaway site was excavated in the early 1960's but the materials recovered have not been fully studied. These date from the Archaic period, between 10,500 and 8,000 years ago, and document the adaptation of Native American peoples to the relatively modern biotic community which emerged following the last glacial advance. Mr. Daniel will examine the lithic materials recovered. Through analysis of these artifacts and comparison with geological outcrops in the region, he hopes to match raw materials to their sources. This will provide information on the geographical range exploited by the Hardaway people. He will also examine collections from other sites in the region to set the Hardaway site into a broader cultural context. On this basis, he will reconstruct the Archaic settlement system in the region and learn how aboriginal groups utilized the seasonally changing environment. This research is important for several reasons. It will shed light on the origins and development of Native American culture. It will also reveal how human groups at a technologically simple level adapted to a variable environment and the strategies they employed. Finally, it will aid in the training of an extremely promising young scientist.