Dissertation Research: Frontiers of 19th Century Culture Contact

论文研究：19世纪文化接触前沿

• 批准号: 9512742
• 负责人: Robert Schuyler
• 金额: $ 0.97万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-07-15 至 1996-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9512742&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Frontiers; 19th; Century

Schuyler/Church Under the direction of Dr. Robert Schuyler, Ms. Minette Church will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. She will excavate two abandoned farmsteads located in southeastern Colorado which were occupied in the 19th century. She will also examine the documentation associated with them. The occupants of each farm are known: one was Anglo-American, the other Hispanic. Archaeological investigation will entail four weeks of excavation at each site as well as examination of the artifacts that prior survey crews have systematically collected from the surface. The two homesteads will be mapped in detail with special attention paid to placement, orientation, spatial layout and construction of buildings and outbuildings and location of debris. To help determine land use, flotation samples and pollen cores will be collected. The results of the excavation of the homesteads, when combined with collections of oral histories, journals and other primary documentary sources will supply key information on the material culture and life at the household level. This research has two underlying goals. The first is to examine the role of ethnicity in adaptation. Groups from different cultural backgrounds moved to this rural region of Colorado to farm and herd livestock. Anthropologists and historians have speculated on similarities and differences in adaptation which occurred and related these both to different forms of social organization and distance travelled from point of origin. Some have argued that the single set of environmental conditions led to cultural convergence while others have postulated that distinct subcultures were maintained. MS Church will attempt to determine which view is correct. The second goal is a methodological one. Because written documentation exists for both sites, a good deal of a priori control is possible. Ms. Church wishes to examine the material remains which she collects and determine the extent to which they reflect ethnicit y. The methodology she develops and conclusions she draws will be uqeful in a number of archaeological situations. This work is important for several reasons. It will increase our understanding of a dynamic period in American history. It will shed new light on cultural adaptation and will assist in the training of a promising young scientist.

斯凯勒/丘奇 在罗伯特·斯凯勒博士的指导下，米内特·丘奇女士将为她的博士论文收集数据。她将挖掘位于科罗拉多东南部的两个废弃的农场，这两个农场在世纪被占领。她还将审查与这些报告有关的文件。每个农场的居住者都是已知的：一个是英美人，另一个是西班牙人。 考古调查将需要在每个地点进行为期四周的挖掘，并检查先前的调查人员从地面系统收集的文物。将详细绘制这两个家园的地图，特别注意建筑物和附属建筑物的位置、方向、空间布局和建造以及废墟的位置。为了帮助确定土地使用，将收集浮选样品和花粉芯。在结合口述历史、期刊和其他主要文献来源的情况下，对家园的挖掘结果将提供有关家庭一级物质文化和生活的关键信息。 这项研究有两个基本目标。第一个是研究种族在适应中的作用。来自不同文化背景的群体移居到科罗拉多的这个农村地区耕种和放牧牲畜。人类学家和历史学家对适应过程中的相似性和差异性进行了推测，并将其与不同的社会组织形式和从起源地出发的距离联系起来。有些人认为，单一的环境条件导致了文化趋同，而另一些人则假设保持了独特的亚文化。丘奇女士将试图确定哪种观点是正确的。第二个目标是方法上的。由于这两个地点都有书面文件，因此可以进行大量的先验控制。丘奇女士希望检查她收集的材料遗骸，并确定它们在多大程度上反映了种族问题。她开发的方法和得出的结论将在许多考古情况下发挥作用。 这项工作之所以重要，有几个原因。它将增加我们对美国历史上一个充满活力的时期的理解。它将为文化适应提供新的视角，并将协助培养一名有前途的青年科学家。