Dissertation Research: Middle Fort Ancient Villages and Organizational Complexity in Central Kentucky

迪勒海 在Tom Dillehay博士的指导下，A.格温亨德森将为她的博士论文收集数据。她的研究重点是位于肯塔基州中部的史前遗址，并归因于公元1200年至1400年之间蓬勃发展的古代堡垒传统。亨德森女士在该地区有着丰富的经验。该项目包括三个阶段。 首先，将对文献进行审查，以确定记录的场地信息，并记录相关的环境数据，如水的供应和土壤肥力。迄今为止，该地区已记录了100多个遗址。第二，将进行深入的考古调查，以核实记录的信息并确定新的遗址。在每个地点，将绘制材料的表面分布图，并进行受控收集。在能见度差的场地，将使用屏蔽铲探头和土芯收集场地大小和内部组织的信息。在新记录的事件中，将挖掘更大的测试单元。最后，将对收集到的材料进行一些分析。研究地点的大小、分布和生态联系。陶瓷和其他物质文化的项目将被研究，以确定年表和网站之间的关系。在此基础上，应该有可能重建古堡群体的社会和政治组织，并深入了解他们如何与环境相互作用。 考古学家对美国中西部地区非常感兴趣，因为那里出现了大型的等级社会。令人印象深刻的纪念性建筑存在于Cahokia和Moundsville等地点，科学家希望了解这种复杂性产生的过程。古堡地区之所以令人感兴趣，是因为它的居民参与了这一普遍的文化传统，但没有明确的原因，仍然保持在一个较小规模的组织水平。M s。亨德森认为，通过仔细研究这一负面案例，可以对更广泛的社会进程获得新的理解。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将为许多考古学家提供感兴趣的数据。它将为社会复杂性的发展提供新的启示，并有助于培养有前途的年轻科学家。

Dillehay Under the direction of Dr. Tom Dillehay, Ms. A. Gwynn Henderson will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. Her research focuses on prehistoric sites located in central Kentucky and attributed to the Fort Ancient tradition, which flourished between 1200 and 1400 AD. Ms. Henderson has extensive prior experience in the region. The project consists of three phases. First, literature will be reviewed to locate recorded site information and to note related environmental data such as water availability and soil fertility. Over 100 sites have been recorded in the region to date. Secondly, intensive archaeological survey will be conducted, both to verify recorded information and to locate new sites. At each site, the surface distribution of materials will be mapped and a controlled collection made. In sites with poor visibility a combination of screened shovel probes and soil cores will be used to collect information the size and internal organization of the site. At newly documented occurrences, larger test units will be excavated. Finally the material collected will be subjected to a number of analyses. Site sizes, distributions and ecological associations will be examined. Ceramics and other items of material culture will be studied to determine both chronology and relations between sites. On this basis it should be possible to reconstruct the social and political organization of Fort Ancient groups and to gain insight into how they interact with their environment. The American midwest is of great interest to archaeologists because of the large hierarchically organized societies which emerged there. Impressive monumental architecture exists at sites such as Cahokia and Moundsville and scientists wish to understand the processes through which such complexity arose. The Fort Ancient area is of interest because its inhabitants participated in this general cultural tradition, yet for no clearcut reason remained at a smaller scale level of organization. M s. Henderson believes that through careful study of this negative case, new understanding can be gained of broader societal processes. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists. It will shed new light on the development of social complexity and assist in the training of a promising young scientist.