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

在Dr. Patricia Crown的指导下，MS Marit Munson将为她的博士论文收集数据。史前岩石艺术（绘画或雕刻在岩石表面上的图像）在美国西南部的许多地方都很常见，曼森女士将对新墨西哥州帕加里托高原地区的遗址进行系统的调查。她的重点将放在Frijoles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，以记录所有个体出现的位置和内容，以及更大的面板。根据民族志文献以及对已知宗教背景下霍皮人艺术的研究，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型村庄群体，可能对现有资源造成了巨大压力。虽然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会产生有限的冲突，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、服装风格和史前人类使用的陶瓷都是身份的标志，表明了个人的归属和群体的领土。基于世界范围内的民族志比较，Munson女士认为，通过对两大群体边界上的岩石艺术图像的分析，有可能重构他们之间的社会互动。这项研究将采用这种方法。这项工作之所以重要，有几个原因。它将产生一个令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，并将协助培训一名有前途的年轻科学家。

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.