Study of Prehistoric Ceramic Technology at Point of Pines, Arizona

在国家科学基金会的支持下，玛丽亚·泽德诺博士将分析一份来自亚利桑那州中东部松树点遗址的考古陶瓷样本。大约在公元1250年到1400年间，该遗址见证了大型多民族社区的发展。它提供了一个强有力的史前移民和共同居住的案例，年代久远的建筑和人类遗骸为拟议的陶瓷研究提供了安全的背景。Zedeno博士将鉴定当地陶瓷传统、移民发生前获得的非本地陶瓷、与移民事件相关的非本地陶瓷、当地制造的外国陶器以及混合技术的发展。这将通过中子活化和岩石学分析对20个装饰和普通碎片样品的应用和制造技术的重建来完成。还将进行一项调查，以确定和抽样原材料来源。考古学家的一个目标是追踪不同文化群体的运动和融合，但由于考古记录的有限性，这通常是极其困难的。松点地区很重要，因为从许多来源获得的数据表明，这种移民和混合确实发生过。由于它的广泛使用和耐用性，在许多地点发现了大量的陶器遗迹，泽德诺博士将利用松树点的受控情况来确定陶瓷是如何受到这些社会进程的影响的。这项工作的重要性并不在于它将提供有关该遗址的信息，而是因为所获得的见解将提供一种有用的考古工具，可用于分析世界许多地方的陶瓷。这项研究的潜在影响极其广泛。

Zedeno With National Science Foundation support Dr. Maria Zedeno will analyze a sample of archaeological ceramics from the site of Point of Pines located in east-central Arizona. The site saw the development of large multi-ethnic communities between ca. AD 1250 to 1400. It presents a strong prehistoric case for migration and co-residence and well dated architecture and human remains provide a secure background for the proposed ceramic study. Dr. Zedeno will identify local ceramic traditions, nonlocal ceramics obtained before migration occurred, nonlocal ceramics associated with immigration episodes, local manufacture of foreign pots, and development of hybrid technologies. This will be accomplished through the application of neutron activation and petrographic analyses to 20 samples of decorated and plainware shreds and the reconstruction of manufacturing technology. A survey to identify and sample raw material sources will also be conducted. One goal of archaeologists is to trace the movement and intermingling of different cultural groups and often this is extremely difficult to do given the limited nature of the archaeological record. The Point of Pines region is important because data derived from a number of sources indicates that just such immigration and mingling did occur. Because of its widespread use and its durability, abundant pottery remains are recovered on many sites and Dr. Zedeno will use the controlled Point of Pines situation to determine how ceramics are affected by these social processes. The work is important not for the information it will provide about this site but because the insight gained will provide a useful archaeological tool which can be used to analyze ceramics in many parts of the world. The potential impact of this research is extremely broad.