Dissertation Research: Economy, Interaction and Community in the North Highlands of Peru--Excavations at the Recuay Site of Chinchawas (Ancash)

论文研究：秘鲁北部高地的经济、互动和社区——钦查瓦斯（安卡什）回收遗址的发掘

• 批准号: 9612574
• 负责人: Richard Burger
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-15 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9612574&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Economy; Interaction; Community

Under the direction of Dr. Richard Burger, Mr. George Lau will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will conduct archaeological fieldwork at the site of Chinchawas which is located in the northern highlands of Peru. Chinchawas lies on the western slopes of the Andes atop an isolated ridge which affords a strategic position over the primary pass between two major valleys. Although the site is relatively small, the architecture shows variability in form, quality of manufacture and function, including defensive, residential burial and ceremonial buildings. Included are high status mortuary structures and numbers of carved stone sculptures which, because of extensive looting, are rarely found in primary context. While prior work indicates that the site dates to the Early Intermediate period very little is known about either it or the Recuay culture of which it forms a part. Through excavation and analysis of recovered materials Mr. Lau will add significantly to understanding this entity. The research has five primary goals: 1. to develop a local chronology for the Early Intermeidate period; 2. to describe the prehistoric occupation and spatial configuration of Chinchawas; 3. to reconstruct the local subsistence system; 4. to determine the extent and character of coast-highland interaction; 5. to model local social organization at Chinchawas and evaluate hypotheses on the trajectory and complexity of Recuay political developments. To accomplish these goals Mr. Lau will conduct a program of both surface mapping and excavation. In addition to lithics and ceramics the work should yield both faunal and floral remains which permit dietary reconstruction. Through the analysis of `exotic materials` such as sea shells and non-local stone it will be possible to reconstruct larger interaction networks. Peru provides an example of pristine development of civilization. Over the course of several thousand years, groups proceeded from small hunting and gathering societies to large units such as the Inca empire which covered thousands of square miles and integrated many diverse peoples into a single state. It appears that this process took place without influence from other parts of South or Middle America and archaeologists wish to understand how this occurred. Although much information is available on the more accessible coastal regions of Peru, relatively little research has been conducted in the highland Andean region. It is clear from the architectural material as sites such as Chinchawas that such highland areas played an important role is the early stages of this process and Mr. Lau's research will help to fill an important gap. The research is also important because it will help to train a promising young scientist.

在Richard Burger博士的指导下，George Lau先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将在位于秘鲁北部高地的钦查瓦斯遗址进行考古实地考察。钦查瓦斯位于安第斯山脉的西坡上，在一个孤立的山脊上，这为两个主要山谷之间的主要通道提供了一个战略位置。虽然场地相对较小，但建筑在形式，制造质量和功能上表现出多样性，包括防御，住宅埋葬和仪式建筑。其中包括地位很高的太平间结构和大量雕刻的石雕，由于大规模的抢劫，这些石雕很少在原始环境中被发现。虽然先前的工作表明该遗址可以追溯到早期中期，但对它或它所构成的一部分的recway文化知之甚少。通过挖掘和分析回收的材料，刘先生将大大增加对这个实体的了解。这项研究有五个主要目标：1。发展中前期的地方年表；2. 描述了钦查瓦人的史前占领和空间形态；3. 重构地方生存体系；4. 确定海岸-高地相互作用的范围和特征；5. 对钦查瓦斯的地方社会组织进行建模，并评估有关缅甸政治发展轨迹和复杂性的假设。为了实现这些目标，刘先生将进行一个地表测绘和挖掘的项目。除了石器和陶瓷之外，这项工作还应该产生动物和植物的遗骸，从而允许饮食重建。通过分析“外来材料”，如海贝壳和非本地石头，将有可能重建更大的相互作用网络。秘鲁是文明原始发展的典范。在几千年的过程中，群体从小型的狩猎和采集社会发展到像印加帝国这样的大型单位，它覆盖了数千平方英里，将许多不同的民族整合为一个国家。这一过程似乎没有受到南美或中美洲其他地区的影响，考古学家希望了解这是如何发生的。虽然关于秘鲁较容易到达的沿海地区有很多资料，但在安第斯高地地区进行的研究相对较少。从钦查瓦等遗址的建筑材料中可以清楚地看出，这些高地地区在这一过程的早期阶段发挥了重要作用，而刘先生的研究将有助于填补这一重要空白。这项研究也很重要，因为它将有助于培养有前途的年轻科学家。