Dissertation Research:Exchange and Production in the U. S. Southwest

在查尔斯亚当斯博士的指导下，劳里韦伯斯特女士将 为她的博士论文收集资料。她将利用 考古学和人种学材料以及历史 重建史前和早期历史上的普韦布洛 印度的纺织品生产和交换制度。她将访问 一些收藏标本和研究方法的博物馆 他们是由谁制造的。由于西南部干旱 美国环境许多纺织品在考古中保存良好 背景，因此有可能获得有关 史前的纺织品广泛的人种学收藏也 因此，人们可以追溯到历史时期的变化。 纺织品在普韦布洛社会中扮演着非常重要的角色。在 除了它们的实用功能外，它们还被广泛用于 宗教和其他象征性的目的。他们演奏了一首大调 经济作用和社会作用。当西班牙人征服 普韦布洛人重新组织了纺织生产， 地区建立了一个产业。纺织业也是 随着新技术的引入， 羊毛、染料和纺织工具等原料。女士 韦伯斯特的目标是追踪从前西班牙到 西班牙时期最终目的是不明白 纺织品作为纺织品，而是用它们来了解 普韦布洛的经济和社会制度，并了解这是如何 适应文化变化的土著群体。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。将加大 我们对物质文化和 社会/经济组织。它将为我们提供新的视角， 美国过去并协助培养一个有前途的年轻人 科学家

Under the direction of Dr. Charles Adams, MS Laurie Webster will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. She will utilize archaeological and ethnographic materials as well as historical accounts to reconstruct the prehistoric and early historic Pueblo Indian system of textile production and exchange. She will visit a number of museums which house specimens and study the methods by which they were manufactured. Because of the dry Southwestern U.S. environment many textiles preserve well in archaeological contexts and therefore it is possible to gain information on prehistoric textile use. Extensive ethnographic collections also exist and therefore one can trace changes into historic times. Textiles played a very important role in Pueblo society. In addition to their utilitarian function they were widely used for religious and other symbolic purposes. They played a major economic role and social role. When the Spanish conquered the Pueblo peoples they reorganized textile production and in some areas established an industry. Textile manufacture was also affected in more indirect ways with the introduction of new materials, such as sheep wool, dyes and weaving implements. Ms. Webster's goal is to trace changes from the pre-Spanish through Spanish period. The ultimate purpose is not to understand textiles as textiles, but rather to use them to gain insight into the Pueblo economic and social systems and to learn how this indigenous group adapted to culture change. This research is important for several reasons. It will increase our understanding of the relationship between material culture and social/economic organization. It will shed new light on the American past and assist in the training of a promising young scientist.