Mounds at Moundville: Development of Public Architecture at a Large Mississippian Ceremonial Center

在国家科学基金会的支持下，弗农·奈特博士将继续他在蒙德维尔遗址的考古研究。这个遗址位于阿拉巴马州的黑勇士河附近，标志着前哥伦布美洲原住民最高的文化成就之一。它由大量大致对称排列的土丘组成，许多土丘含有数万立方米的填充物。考古证据表明，这些建筑可能是在很长一段时间内建造的，顶部有宗教建筑，也用作墓室。有几处出土了大量的骨架和陪葬品。最重要的不是结构本身，而是使它们成为可能的社会组织的性质。建造如此庞大的土方工程，需要一个能够长期动员大量劳动力的社会和政治组织。奈特博士的研究应该能让我们深入了解这种潜在的社会结构。在过去工作的基础上，奈特博士将对挖掘出来的材料进行大量分析。为了了解土丘的建造顺序，精确的年代测定是必不可少的。这可以通过单块木炭的AMS放射性碳定年来完成，因为这避免了样品混合的潜在问题。将对文物进行分析、拍照和说明，为出版做准备。该奖项还将提供夏季时间，让奈特博士撰写研究结果。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供许多科学家感兴趣的数据。它还将增进我们对复杂社会如何在技术简单的层面上发展和维持的理解。¥¢Á¥%Á_Á¥¢╣¥Á¢/│？¥©Á ÂÁ/¥- Á¢丶╣%%烧烧Á│/ Á - %%′′′′′′Á ' Á萨拉赫赫→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→→╝¥/¥吗?0.00 0.00 Á流星Á 0.00 0.00 /% 0.00 0.00 / 0.00 ？¢¿¥_╣%% _ % _ ？└╣┤╣一?╝_ /¥╣吗?？Â¥©Á©╣¢¥？‘ /º^¥╣%╣’ ？ / ？%¥/ % /╝╣│┐┐╝/ %¥│©╣╗┐害怕一个¥┴╣% %¢©一个┤┴%╣©¥吗?%？À¥Á À _©- _/ Á巨大的价值？_A¥╣¥╝/│¥╣吗?/┤║╝吗?从天而降从天而降从天而降从天而降从天而降从天而降从天而降Â╣¥Á Á¢¥？▓吗?¥©/╝│©/ ? % ?À╣¢¥¢/│/¥- /%¢│Á¥╣¢¥¢

With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Vernon Knight will continue his archaeological research at the site of Moundville. Located near the Black Warrior River in Alabama this site marks one of the highest cultural achievements of pre-Columbian Native Americans. It consists of a large number of mounds arranged in roughly symmetrical order, many containing tens of thousands of cubic meters of fill. Archaeological evidence indicates that these structures, which were likely built over extended periods of time contained religious structures at their tops and also served as burial chambers. Several have yielded large series of skeletons and burial goods. Of central importance is not the structures themselves but the natureof the social organization which made them possible. To construct such massive earthworks requires a social and political organization which can mobilize a large amount of labor for long periods of time. Dr. Knight's research should provide insight into this underlying social structure. Building on past work, Dr. Knight will conduct a number of analyses of excavated material. To understand the sequence of mound construction, careful chronometric dating is essential. This can be accomplished through AMS radiocarbon dating of single pieces of charcoal since this avoids the potential problem of sample mixing. Artifacts will be analyzed, photographed and illustrated in preparation for publication. The award will also provide summer time to permit Dr. Knight to write up the results. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many scientists. It will also increase our understanding of how, at a technologically simple level, complex societies develop and are maintained. ¥ ¢Á¥¥%Á_Á¥ ¢╣¥Á¢ /┤ ?¥©Á╝ ÂÁ/¥┐╝Á¢ ┴╣%% ▓Á │/╝ÁÂ┐%%` ¢┐╝└Á`Á┤ /┤ ╝Á│?╝┤Á┤ ¼©╣¢ ╝Á¢Á/╝│© ╣¢ ╣_║?╝¥/¥ Â?╝ ¢Á└Á╝/% ╝Á/¢?¢ ¿¥ ┴╣%% ║╝?└╣┤Á ╣Â?╝_/¥╣? ? ¥©Á ©╣¢¥?╝` /º ^ ¥╣%╣¥` ? / ┴╣┤Á%` ║╝/│¥╣│Á┤ ¥╝/┤╣¥╣?/% /À╝╣│┐%¥┐╝/% ¥Á│©╣╗┐Á ¿¥ ┴╣%% ¢©Á┤ Á┴ %╣À©¥ ? %?À ¥Á╝_ ©┐_/ Á└╣╝?_Á¥ ╣¥Á╝/│¥╣? /┤ ║╝?└╣┤Á ┤/¥/ ? ╣¥Á╝Á¢¥ ¥? ▓?¥© /╝│©/Á?%?À╣¢¥¢ /┤ /¥┐╝/% ¢│╣Á¥╣¢¥¢