Dissertation Research: Analysis of Michoacan Ceramics

论文研究：米却肯陶瓷分析

• 批准号: 9215542
• 负责人: Dan Healan
• 金额: $ 0.58万
• 依托单位: Tulane University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-08-01 至 1995-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9215542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Analysis; Michoacan; Ceramics

Under the direction of Dr. Dan Healan, MS Christine Hernandez will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. For several years with National Science Foundation support Dr. Healan has conducted archaeological excavation in the Zinapecuaro region of Central Mexico. What makes this area important are its abundant deposits of high quality obsidian (volcanic glass). Because this material may be worked to produce sharp edges it was highly prized raw material for tools in pre-metal times. Evidence to date indicates that Zinapecuaro obsidian was traded over a wide region and that patterns of exchange varied over time. Dr. Healan and his colleagues have excavated in a number of mining and production areas and collected large amounts of material. The problem they now face is dating each occurrence. Luckily numerous ceramic remains have been recovered and because ceramic styles change over time analysis of them provides a fruitful approach. MS Hernandez will travel to Mexico and study these ceramic materials. Applying a standard type variety approach in conjunction with stratigraphic information, she will seriate these materials to establish a sequence. Through the identification of exotic or foreign potsherds she will tie the local sequence into a broader inter-regional context. Finally she will study how inter-regional relationships developed and changed over time. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide a chronological sequence which many archaeologists can use for a variety of goals. It will shed light on the economic and political relationships between societies at a relatively simple level of development and elucidate the ways in which they interact. It will also assist in the training of a promising young scientist.

在丹·希兰博士的指导下，克莉丝汀埃尔南德斯女士将 为她的博士论文收集资料。多年来与 国家科学基金会支持希兰博士进行的 中部Zinapecuaro地区的考古发掘 墨西哥这一地区的重要性在于其丰富的 优质黑曜石（火山玻璃）。因为这种材料可能 它被加工成锋利的边缘， 在前金属时代的工具。迄今为止的证据表明， Zinapecuaro黑曜石的交易范围很广， 交换模式随时间而变化。希兰博士和他的 同事们在一些采矿和生产中挖掘 并收集了大量的材料。他们现在的问题是 面孔正在确定每次发生的日期。幸运的是， 因为陶瓷风格随着时间的推移而改变 对这些问题的分析提供了一种富有成效的方法。埃尔南德斯女士将 去墨西哥研究这些陶瓷材料施加 标准类型变化法结合地层学 信息，她将连续的这些材料建立一个 顺序通过鉴定异国或外国的陶片 她将把当地的序列与更广泛的区域间序列联系起来， 上下文最后，她将研究区域间的关系如何 随着时间的推移而发展和变化。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供一个 许多考古学家可以用它来研究 各种目标。它将揭示经济和政治 在相对简单的层面上， 发展并阐明它们相互作用的方式。它将 并协助培养一名有前途的年轻科学家。