Dissertation: The Role of Long-Distance, Interregional Exchange in Archaic State Formation, Peru

在Charles Stanish博士的指导下，Aimee Plourde女士将获得放射性碳年代测定，以确定在秘鲁Huancane-Putina山谷实地工作期间回收的物质的年龄。在六个星期的过程中，普劳德女士在Cachichupa遗址进行了挖掘，根据其战略位置，大规模的梯田和大规模的企业建筑，这是从CA形成时期的主要位置。公元前1100年-公元400年。根据Cachichupa的陶瓷与邻近地区的陶瓷的比较，我们有信心在这1500年的时间跨度内确定该遗址的位置，但更准确的位置需要放射性碳年代测定。普劳德女士和她的顾问的工作目标是了解导致安第斯地区复杂的国家级社会崛起的因素。虽然许多人都熟悉印加帝国，但实际上这是一系列此类实体中的最后一个，其中第一个在高原的喀喀湖盆地发展起来。虽然不可能有任何单一的原因可以被孤立，但许多考古学家认为，贸易和对基本资源流动的控制导致了权力的集中和等级组织社会的发展。普劳德和斯坦尼什注意到的的喀喀盆地内的一个特定地点-普卡拉-的早期扩张，其位置毗邻一条向东通往亚马逊低地的重要路线。他们假设该遗址控制着重要的低地货物贸易，为了验证这一想法，他们沿着假设的路线进行了沿着调查，试图找到与普卡拉有关的遗址。Cachichupa，他们认为构成了这样一个事件。然而，没有确切的年龄知识，它是不可能安全地适应一个更广泛的发展序列。这项研究是重要的几个原因。它将为新世界国家级社会的兴起提供深入的见解，并揭示这一过程的基础因素。它还将协助培养一名有前途的青年科学家。

Under the direction of Dr. Charles Stanish, MS Aimee Plourde will obtain radiocarbon dates to determine the ages of material recovered during the course of fieldwork in the Huancane-Putina Valley in Peru. Over the course of six weeks, MS Plourde excavated at the site of Cachichupa which, based on its strategic location, massive terracing and large scale corporate architecture was the dominant location during the Formative period from ca. 1100 BC - AD 400. Based on comparison of Cachichupa's ceramics with those of adjacent regions it is possible with some confidence, to situate the site within this broad 1500 year time span, but the necessary more accurate placement requires radiocarbon dates.The goal of the work by MS Plourde and her advisor is to understand the factors which led to the rise to complex state level societies in the Andean region. While many are familiar with the Inca Empire, this in fact was the last in a series of such entities, the first of which developed in the highland Lake Titicaca Basin. While it is unlikely that any single cause can be isolated, many archaeologists believe that trade and control over the movement of essential resources led to the concentration of power and the development of hierarchically organized societies. Plourde and Stanish noted the early expansion of one particular site, Pukara, within the Titicaca Basin and its location adjacent to an important route which leads East towards the lowland Amazon. They postulated that the site controlled trade in important lowland goods and to test this idea they surveyed along the hypothesized route in an attempt to locate Pukara related sites. Cachichupa, they believe constitutes one such occurrence. However without precise knowledge of its age, it is not possible to fit it securely into a broader developmental sequence.This research is important for several reasons. It will provide insight into the rise of state level society in the New World and shed light on the factors which underlie this process. It will also assist in training a promising young scientist.