Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations in Northern Baja California

北下加利福尼亚州的史前沿海适应

• 批准号: 9602959
• 负责人: Jerry Moore
• 金额: $ 9.7万
• 依托单位: California State University-Dominguez Hills Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9602959&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Prehistoric; Coastal; Adaptations; Northern; Baja

With National Science Foundation support Dr. Jerry Moore will conduct two seasons of field survey and excavation in the Bahia San Quintin and Rosario Valley region of Baja California. Covering 630 sq. km. the project area extends from sea level to approximately 500 m. elevation and includes a variety of vegetational zones. Thus the research should provide information which is relevant to understanding the prehistory within other portions of this long peninsula. Given its proximity to the United States and the very extensive archaeological investigation conducted in coastal regions of US southern California, it is surprising that the prehistory of Baja is almost unknown. Therefore it provides an excellent context to examine and attempt to validate patterns observed to the North. There archaeologists have noted that complex - at a hunting and gathering level of subsistence - forms of social organization developed. These were characterized by specialized production of socially significant items such as shell beads and large scale trade networks. Many archaeologists believe that a reliance on stable and productive marine resources is primarily responsible for this phenomenon. However other archaeologists have noted that resources such as shellfish require significant amounts of time to process and prepare for consumption. They also point out that complex societies failed to develop in many other resource rich coastal areas and therefore other important factors must be involved. Baja California with its long coastline and its proximity to southern California makes an excellent venue to address this question. Dr. Moore's project will address three basic issues: 1. What is the antiquity of coastal adaptations in the region? 2. What is the nature of prehistoric responses to climatic fluctuations over the last ca. 12,000 years? and 3. Given current ethnohistoric and ethnographic data, what were the basic patterns of settlement and subsistence employed in the area. The research will involve: a systematic survey based on a stratified sample of the project area; preparation of detailed site plans; and collection of selected radiocarbon samples to develop a corpus of absolute dates for the region. California State University Dominguez Hills is a multiethnic institution of undergraduate education and the project will serve to introduce students to archaeological field research and, hopefully, encourage them to pursue careers in science.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，杰里摩尔博士将在下加利福尼亚的巴伊亚圣昆廷和罗萨里奥山谷地区进行两个季节的实地调查和挖掘。占地630平方米公里.项目区域从海平面延伸到大约500米。海拔高度，包括各种植被区。因此，这项研究应该提供与了解这个漫长的半岛其他部分的史前史有关的信息。鉴于它靠近美国和非常广泛的考古调查在美国南部加州沿海地区进行，令人惊讶的是，巴哈的史前史几乎是未知的。因此，它提供了一个很好的背景，以审查和试图验证观察到的北方模式。考古学家注意到，在狩猎和采集的生存水平上，社会组织的复杂形式得到了发展。这些国家的特点是专门生产贝壳珠等具有社会意义的物品和大规模的贸易网络。许多考古学家认为，对稳定和多产的海洋资源的依赖是造成这一现象的主要原因。然而，其他考古学家指出，贝类等资源需要大量的时间来处理和准备消费。他们还指出，复杂的社会未能在许多其他资源丰富的沿海地区发展，因此必须涉及其他重要因素。下加利福尼亚有着漫长的海岸线，靠近加州南部，是解决这一问题的绝佳场所。 摩尔博士的项目将解决三个基本问题：1。该地区海岸适应的古老性是什么？2.史前对上世纪气候波动的反应的本质是什么？一万两千年？和3.根据目前的民族历史和民族志资料，该地区的定居和生存的基本模式是什么？研究将涉及：根据项目区的分层抽样进行系统调查;编制详细的场地规划;收集选定的放射性碳样品，以建立该地区的绝对日期资料库。加州州立大学多明格斯山是一所多民族的本科教育机构，该项目将向学生介绍考古实地研究，并希望鼓励他们从事科学事业。