Dissertation Research: Hohokam Ceramic Production, Distribution and Consumption

9400239鱼在保罗·菲什博士的指导下，凯伦·哈里女士将为她的博士论文收集数据。她将同时使用中子活化分析和岩相学技术来分析从亚利桑那州霍霍坎考古遗址收集的陶片。她将使用实地调查来定位粘土来源，并确定这些粘土的微量元素组成。在此基础上，可以将陶瓷产品与原材料来源联系起来。还可以检查两个地点内和两个地点之间陶瓷类型的分布情况。然后，哈里女士可以利用这些数据重建定居点内和定居点间的生产、分配和消费模式，从而深入了解经济和社会组织。马拉纳和洛斯罗伯斯聚落社区是本研究的基础，在古典早期被霍霍卡姆人占领，可追溯到公元1050年至1300年之间。霍霍卡姆人在考古学上以他们建造的大型灌溉系统而闻名，这些灌溉系统允许在亚利桑那州沙漠降雨量较少的地区进行农业。他们还占据了拥有令人印象深刻的平台土丘的大片场地。这些都证明了大量人口的聚集和某种形式的集中分级控制。考古学家希望了解这种中央集权社会是如何发展的，并假设贸易的控制和组织可能发挥核心作用。哈里女士将研究这个问题。由于陶器在生活和仪式中都扮演着至关重要的角色，它们为这些社区的社会和经济生活提供了一个极好的洞察。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。它将为了解美国史前历史提供新的线索，并有助于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. ***