Dissertation Research: Prehistoric Organization on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico

论文研究：新墨西哥州帕杰里托高原的史前组织

• 批准号: 9812356
• 负责人: Patricia Crown
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9812356&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Prehistoric; Organization; Pajarito

Under the direction of Dr. Patricia Crown, MS Marit Munson will collect data for her doctoral dissertation. Prehistoric rock art (images which are either painted or engraved on rock faces) is common in many parts of the U.S. Southwest and MS Munson will conduct a systematic survey of sites in the Pajarito Plateau region of New Mexico. Her focus will be on the Frijoles Canyon region which formed a boundary between distinct historic Hopi groups and she will conduct a systematic survey to note the position and content of all individual occurrences as well as larger panels. Based on ethnographic documentation as well as study of Hopi art from known religious contexts, she will concentrate her attention on icons which have either probable religious significance or which are indicative of warfare and conflict. She will plot these in relation to this prehistoric boundary. Archaeological evidence indicates that in late prehistoric times Hopi groups formed large village aggregations and likely placed significant strain on available resources. Although villages shared a common cultural heritage and religion, it is not clear either how they interacted or the extent to which clear boundary differences existed. While on the one hand, it is likely that a common set of religious beliefs may have limited conflict, evidence of prehistoric warfare is also evident. MS Munson will examine this question through the study of rock art. Rock art, as well as clothing style and the ceramics prehistoric people used served as markers of identity and denoted individual affiliation as well as group territory. Based on worldwide ethnographic comparison, MS Munson believes that through the analysis of rock art imagery at the boundary between two major groups, it is possible to reconstruct the social interactions between them. The research will apply this approach. The work is important for several reasons. It will produce a data base of interest to many archaeologists. it will develop a new methodology for the study of prehistoric imagery and it will assist in training a promising young scientist.

在Patricia Crown博士的指导下，Marit Munson女士将为她的博士论文收集数据。史前岩石艺术(绘制或雕刻在岩石表面上的图像)在美国西南部的许多地区很常见，芒森女士将对新墨西哥州帕贾里托高原地区的遗址进行系统的调查。她将把重点放在弗里约勒峡谷地区，该地区形成了不同的历史霍皮人群体之间的边界，她将进行一次系统的调查，以注意所有个别事件以及更大的小组的位置和内容。根据人种学文献以及已知宗教背景下对霍皮人艺术的研究，她将把注意力集中在可能具有宗教意义或暗示战争和冲突的图标上。她将把这些与这条史前边界联系起来。考古证据表明，在史前晚期，霍皮人群体形成了大量的村庄聚集地，很可能对现有资源造成了巨大的压力。尽管村庄拥有共同的文化遗产和宗教，但它们如何相互作用或存在明显边界差异的程度尚不清楚。一方面，一套共同的宗教信仰可能存在有限的冲突，但史前战争的证据也很明显。曼森女士将通过对岩石艺术的研究来研究这个问题。岩石艺术，以及服装风格和史前人们使用的陶器，都是身份的标志，表明了个人的从属关系和群体领土。基于世界范围内的民族志比较，芒森女士认为，通过对两个主要群体之间的岩石艺术意象的分析，可以重建他们之间的社会互动。这项研究将应用这种方法。这项工作之所以重要，有几个原因。它将产生一个许多考古学家感兴趣的数据库。它将开发一种研究史前图像的新方法，并将有助于培养一位有前途的年轻科学家。