CAA: Using Statistical and Exploratory Data Analysis in Archaeology

CAA：在考古学中使用统计和探索性数据分析

• 批准号: 9305643
• 负责人: Winifred Creamer
• 金额: $ 5.3万
• 依托单位: Northern Illinois University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-07-15 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9305643&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAA; Using; Statistical; Exploratory; Data

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Winifred Creamer will analyze a large series of ceramic materials collected through archaeological excavation in the U.S. Southwest. She will also take a series of computer, statistical and mathematics courses, mostly at the University of Northern Illinois, to improve her analytic skill. This will permit her to approach her study using the most appropriate techniques. Anthropologists generally believe that Native American population size decreased dramatically around the time of European contact. However the exact nature, timing and cause of this decline probably varied from area to area. It is also possible that in some regions population was not affected. The Southwest is a particularly interesting both because of the high level of social complexity achieved before European contact and because decline seems to date well before Spanish influence was felt. The largest ruins in the Anasazi region were abandoned before Columbus arrived in the New World. Dr. Creamer wishes to reconstruct Anasazi population size both pre and post contact and learn how it changed over time. On this basis she will try to understand the causal mechanisms involved. To do this however a fine-scale chronological control is necessary and at the present time it is not possible to date sites with sufficient accuracy. Dr. Creamer will study ceramic remains which have been recovered in secure stratigraphic contexts, examine how this body of material culture changes over time and then use the ceramic sequence to date individual sites. In this Career Advancement Award, Dr. Creamer will also expand her own skills. Research of this kind requires computer, statistical and mathematic expertise which Dr. Creamer does not possess. Through a series of university courses and hands on learning she will acquire the necessary expertise. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide information of interest to many archaeologists. It will increase our understanding of the processes of culture change and contact and finally it will assist in the training of an accomplished scientist.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Winifred Creamer博士将 分析了大量收集的陶瓷材料， 美国西南部的考古发掘她还将采取 一系列计算机、统计和数学课程， 在北方伊利诺伊大学，为了提高她的分析能力， 技能这将使她能够使用最多的 适当的技术。 人类学家普遍认为美洲原住民 在与欧洲人接触的时期，其规模急剧缩小。 然而，这种下降的确切性质、时间和原因可能 因地区而异。也有可能在某些地区 人口没有受到影响。西南部是一个特别 有趣的是，由于社会的高度复杂性， 在与欧洲接触之前就已经实现了，而且因为似乎到目前为止， 在西班牙的影响力被感知之前。世界上最大的遗迹 阿纳萨齐地区在哥伦布到达新大陆之前就被遗弃了。 世界克里默博士希望重建阿纳萨齐人的人口规模 无论是前和后接触，并了解它如何随着时间的推移而变化。对 在此基础上，她将试图了解因果机制， 涉案然而，要做到这一点， 目前还不可能确定遗址的年代 有足够的准确性。克里默博士将研究陶瓷残骸 在安全的地层环境中恢复，检查 物质文化如何随着时间的推移而变化， 确定各个遗址的年代 在这次职业发展奖中，克里默博士还将扩大她的 自己的技能。这类研究需要计算机、统计 和数学方面的专业知识而克里默博士并不具备 通过一系列的大学课程和动手学习，她 将获得必要的专业知识。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供 许多考古学家感兴趣的信息。将加大 我们对文化变迁和接触过程的理解 最后，它将有助于训练一个有成就的人， 科学家