Dissertation Research: Intra- and Extra-Regional Relationships of the Late Mississippian Caborn-Welborn Phase of the Lower Ohio River Valley

小行星9413028 在Tom Dillehay博士的指导下，大卫波拉克先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将集中在一系列的网站是位于下俄亥俄州河谷和日期约1400-1700 AD。可靠的考古证据表明，在此之前，居民或该地区被组织成一个“酋长领地”。“政治集中不仅表现在人口密度上，而且表现在大型和令人印象深刻的土方工程的建设上。公元1400年标志着这个政体的衰落。然而，让这个特殊的考古案例有趣的是，人口似乎没有下降。相反，它保持在一个高水平。第二，与周边地区的贸易实际上有所增加，这表现在进口外国货物。随着中央集权政体的瓦解，通常情况正好相反。波拉克先生将研究公元1400-1700年期间贸易的性质和范围。他将扩大他已经主持的数据库，并从已知的考古遗址表面收集材料。他还将研究博物馆的藏品。由于不同陶瓷风格的起源相对较为人所知，它们提供了对贸易强度和方向的深入了解。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它考察了一个基于标准考古学标准被视为文化“退化”的例子。“它将提供一个机会，以评估这些标准本身，也提供了深入了解文化如何随着时间的推移而变化。这些数据将引起许多考古学家的兴趣。该项目还将协助培训一名有前途的青年科学家。

9413028 Dillehay Under the direction of Dr. Tom Dillehay, Mr. David Pollack will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will focus on a series of sites which are located in the Lower Ohio River valley and which date from approximately 1400-1700 AD. Solid archaeological evidence indicates that immediately prior to this time, inhabitants or the region were organized into a "chiefdom." Political centralization is demonstrated not only by population density, but also by the construction of large and impressive earthworks. 1400 AD marks the decline of this polity. What makes this particular archaeological case interesting however is that population appears not to decline. Rather it is maintained at a high level. Secondly, trade with surrounding areas, as demonstrated by the importation of exotic goods, actually increases. As centralized polities disintegrate, the opposite is normally the case. Mr. Pollack will examine the nature and extent of trade over the 1400-1700 AD period. He will expand the data base he has already emceed and collect material from the surface of known archaeological sites. He will also examine museum collections. Because origins of distinct ceramic styles are relatively well known, they provide insight into the intensity and direction of trade. This research is important for several reasons. It examines an instance of what, based on standard archaeological criteria, is viewed as cultural "devolution." It will provide an opportunity to evaluate these criteria themselves and also afford insight into how cultures change over time. The data will be of interest to many archaeologists. The project will also assist in the training of a promising young scientist.