Dissertation Research: Indus Tradition Craft Production and The Distribution of High Temperature Manufacturing at Harappa, Pakistan

论文研究：巴基斯坦哈拉帕的梧桐传统工艺生产和高温制造的分布

• 批准号: 9408937
• 负责人: Jonathan Kenoyer
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-01 至 1995-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9408937&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Indus; Tradition; Craft

9408937 Kenoyer Under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Kenoyer, Ms. Heather Miller will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. Working at the site of Harappa, located in the Indus Valley of Pakistan, she will conduct a surface survey of this large urban center. The fieldwork consists of two parts. First she will note and map the location of craft activities such as smelting, ceramic and shell production, and stone tool use. She will then conduct a proton gradiometer survey to plot the distribution of underground pyrotechnological indicators. These data taken together will allow her both to reconstruct the organization of craft activities and to determine the relationship between subsurface and sub-surface materials. Sites such as Harappa are of major archaeological interest because they attest to the rise of a civilization, apparently independent of those from China and the Near East. By the third millennium BC large urban centers arose in the Indus valley, flourished and then disappeared. It appears that salinization of fragile desert soils played a major role in their demise. The trajectory of development appears different in the Indus than other regions because, in contrast to the latter, it is not clear that an elite ruling class emerged. Archaeologists wish to understand what factors led to the rise and maintenance of this phenomenon. Through her analysis of craft production, MS Miller will look at one aspect of this issue. Through an examination of the production process and its spatial distribution, MS Miller hopes to determine the extent to which it was subject to centralized control. This research is important for several reasons. It will shed new light on an extremely important archaeological site. It will increase our understanding of the processes which led to the rise of complex society and will assist in the training of a promising young scientist. ***

9408937 Kenoyer在Jonathan Kenoyer博士的指导下，希瑟·米勒（Heather Miller）女士将收集博士学位论文的数据。在位于巴基斯坦印度河谷的哈拉帕（Harappa）现场工作，她将对这个大型城市中心进行表面调查。现场工作由两个部分组成。首先，她将注意并绘制工艺活动的位置，例如冶炼，陶瓷和壳制作以及石材工具的使用。然后，她将进行一项质子渐变仪调查，以绘制地下烟火指标的分布。这些数据一起将使她既可以重建手工艺活动的组织，并确定地下和地下材料之间的关系。 Harappa之类的遗址具有重要的考古兴趣，因为它们证明了文明的兴起，显然与中国和近东的文明无关。到了公元前第三千年，大型城市中心就在印度河谷出现，蓬勃发展，然后消失。看来脆弱的沙漠土壤的盐水在其灭亡中起着重要作用。在印度河中，发展的轨迹与其他地区不同，因为与后者相比，尚不清楚精英统治阶级出现了。考古学家希望了解哪些因素导致了这种现象的兴起和维护。通过对工艺生产的分析，米勒女士将研究这个问题的一个方面。通过检查生产过程及其空间分布，米勒女士希望确定其受到集中控制的程度。 这项研究很重要，原因有几个。它将在一个极为重要的考古遗址上散发出新的灯光。它将增加我们对导致复杂社会兴起的过程的理解，并将帮助培训一位有前途的年轻科学家。 ***