Doctoral Dissertation Research: Intraregional Interaction and Long-Distance Exchange: Examining the Social Contexts of Chupadero Black-on-white Pottery Production and Distribution

长期以来，区域经济和政治制度的组织一直是史前美国西南部考古研究的一个主要主题。人类学家经常依靠陶瓷生产和交换数据来探索前资本主义社会的经济和社会关系。传统上，这方面的工作主要集中在理解区域经济系统中单个组成部分（生产或交换）的组织。然而，一些研究人员认为，必须综合分析这些组成部分，以便更充分地探索经济的社会层面。他们认为，只有通过考察生产与交换之间的联系，才能解决更广泛的经济和社会问题。蒂芙尼·克拉克的论文研究将探讨早期普韦布洛四世时期（公元1200/1250-1450）新墨西哥州中部两个地区陶瓷生产和交换之间的关系。这项研究将集中在Chupadero黑白陶器上，这是史前美国西南部最广泛分布的陶瓷类型之一。Chupadero陶瓷在新墨西哥州中部和南部以及德克萨斯州，亚利桑那州和墨西哥北部的邻近地区都有发现。这项综合研究将评估跨不同规模的长途贸易的生产系统的组织。Chupadero特别适合这种比较分析，因为它是由新墨西哥州中部只有两个地区的陶器专家制作的-萨利纳斯和塞拉布兰卡地区。此外，两个产区的Chupadero的生产规模、分布和消费也存在较大差异。这些不同经济体系的存在为评估使用单一陶瓷商品的不同类型的专业化生产和交换体系提供了独特的机会。为了探索早期普韦布洛IV区域经济中生产与交换之间的关系，克拉克女士将进行一系列相互关联和互补的分析。利用化学和地质分析的数据，将评估Salinas和Sierra Blanca地区Chupadero陶器生产的位置和强度。此外，化学数据将用于检查陶器向消费者的流动，以及评估当地和长途贸易关系的强度。关于生产和交换模式的结论将与陶瓷设计研究的信息相结合，以探索史前新墨西哥中部存在的社会关系网络。拟议的研究包括对Chupadero黑白陶器生产和交换的区域经济系统的详细检查。这个项目的意义在于它的整体经济方法，严谨的方法结合两种强大的分析技术，并使用一个理想的考古案例研究。因此，这项研究的结果将为关注史前美国西南部地区经济和社会系统组织的人类学文献增加新的内容。此外，这个项目还将有助于我们对生产和交换在发展和维持前资本主义社会的经济和社会关系中所起的作用的一般理解。

The organization of regional economic and political systems has long been a major theme of archaeological study in the prehistoric American Southwest. Anthropologists have often relied upon ceramic production and exchange data to explore economic and social relations in precapitalist societies. Much of this work has traditionally focused on understanding the organization of a single component (production or exchange) of a regional economic system. A number of researchers have argued, however, that the analysis of these components must be integrated in order to more fully explore the social dimensions of economies. They maintain that it is through the examination of the connection between production and exchange that broader economic and social issues can be addressed.Tiffany Clark's dissertation research will explore the relationship between ceramic production and exchange in two regions of central New Mexico during the early Pueblo IV period (AD 1200/1250-1450). This study will focus on Chupadero Black-on-white pottery, one of the most widely distributed ceramic types in the prehistoric American Southwest. Chupadero ceramics are found throughout central and southern New Mexico and in adjacent parts of Texas, Arizona, and northern Mexico. This integrative research will evaluate the organization of production systems across different scales of long-distance trade. Chupadero is particularly well suited for this type of comparative analysis as it was produced by pottery specialists in only two areas of central New Mexico - the Salinas and Sierra Blanca regions. In addition, substantial differences exist in the scale of Chupadero production, distribution, and consumption between the two producing regions. The existence of these different economic systems provides a unique opportunity to evaluate different types of specialized production and exchange systems using a single ceramic commodity.To explore the relationship between production and exchange in early Pueblo IV regional economy, Ms. Clark will undertake a series of interrelated and complementary analyses. Using data from chemical and geological analyses, the location and intensity of Chupadero pottery production will be assessed for the Salinas and Sierra Blanca regions. In addition, chemical data will be used to examine the movement of pottery to consumers, as well as to evaluate the strength of local and long-distance trade relations. Conclusions regarding production and exchange patterns will then be used in conjunction with information from a study of ceramic designs to explore the networks of social relations that were present in prehistoric central New Mexico.The proposed study constitutes a detailed examination of the regional economic systems in which Chupadero Black-on-white pottery was produced and exchanged. The significance of this project lies in its holistic approach to economy, rigorous methodology incorporating two powerful analytical techniques, and use of an ideal archaeological case study. As such, the results of this study will add to a growing body of anthropological literature focusing on the organization of regional economic and social systems in the prehistoric American Southwest. Furthermore, this project will also contribute to our general understanding of the roles that production and exchange play in the development and maintenance of the economic and social relations in precapitalist societies.