Dissertation Research: Hohokam Ceramic Production, Distribution and Consumption

在Paul Fish博士的指导下，Karen Harry女士将为她的博士论文收集数据。她将采用中子活化分析和岩石学技术来分析在亚利桑那州霍霍坎的两个考古遗址收集的陶器碎片。她将使用实地调查来定位粘土的来源，并确定它们的微量元素组成。在此基础上，将陶瓷产品与原料来源联系起来是可能的。还可以检查两个遗址内和遗址之间陶瓷类型的分布。然后，Harry女士可以使用这些数据来重建定居点内部和定居点之间的生产、分配和消费模式，从而深入了解经济和社会组织。作为本研究基础的Marana和Los Robles定居社区在早期古典时期（公元1050-1300年）被Hohokam人占领。霍霍坎人在考古学上以他们建造的大型灌溉系统而闻名，这使得他们能够在亚利桑那沙漠的低降雨量地区进行农业生产。他们还占领了大型遗址，有令人印象深刻的平台土墩。这些证明了大量人群的聚集和某种形式的集中等级控制。考古学家希望了解这种中央集权的社会是如何发展的，并假设贸易的控制和组织可能起着核心作用。哈里女士将研究这个问题。由于陶瓷在生存和仪式中都发挥了至关重要的作用，因此它们为了解这些社区的社会和经济生活提供了极好的视角。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。它将为美国史前史提供新的线索，并帮助培养一位有前途的年轻科学家。* * *

9400239 Fish Under the direction of Dr. Paul Fish, Ms. Karen Harry will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. She will employ both neutron activation analysis and petrographic techniques to analyze potsherds collected at two Hohokam archaeological sites located in Arizona. She will use field surveys to locate clay sources and determine the trace element compositions of these as well. On this basis it will be possible to relate ceramic product back to raw material source. It will also be possible to examine the distribution of ceramic types within each of the two sites and between them. Ms. Harry can then use these data to reconstruct intra and intersettlement production, distribution and consumption patterns and thus gain insight into economic and social organization. The Marana and Los Robles settlement communities which form the basis for this study were occupied by Hohokam peoples during the early Classic period and date to between A.D. 1050-1300. The Hohokam are well known archaeologically for the large irrigation systems they constructed which permitted agriculture in low rainfall areas of the Arizona desert. They also occupied large sites with impressive platform mounds. These attest to the aggregation of large numbers of people and some form of centralized hierarchical control. Archaeologists wish to understand how such centralized societies develop and postulate that control and organization of trade may play a central role. Ms. Harry will examine this question. Because ceramics played a vital role in both subsistence and ritual, they provide an excellent insight into the social and economic lives of these communities. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide information of interest to many archaeologists. It will shed new light on U.S. prehistory and assist in the training of a promising young scientist. ***