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

区域经济和政治系统的组织长期以来一直是史前美国西南部考古学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。这方面的大部分工作传统上侧重于了解区域经济系统的单一组成部分(生产或交换)的组织。然而，一些研究人员认为，必须整合对这些组成部分的分析，以便更充分地探索经济的社会层面。他们坚持认为，只有通过研究生产和交换之间的联系，才能解决更广泛的经济和社会问题。蒂凡尼·克拉克的论文研究将探索普韦布洛四世早期(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。这项研究将集中在丘帕德罗白底黑陶上，这是史前美国西南部分布最广泛的陶瓷类型之一。丘帕德罗陶瓷遍布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。这项综合研究将评估不同规模的长途贸易的生产系统的组织情况。Chupadero特别适合于这种类型的比较分析，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，两个产区在丘帕德罗的生产、分配和消费规模上也存在实质性差异。这些不同的经济系统的存在为评估使用单一陶瓷商品的不同类型的专业生产和交换系统提供了独特的机会。为了探索早期普韦布洛四号区域经济中生产和交换之间的关系，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数据，将评估Salinas和Sierra Blanca地区Chupadero陶器生产的地点和强度。此外，化学数据将被用来检查陶器向消费者的移动，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一项陶瓷设计研究的信息结合起来，以探索新墨西哥州史前中部存在的社会关系网络。拟议的研究构成了对丘帕德罗白底黑陶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，结合了两种强大的分析技术的严谨方法，以及使用理想的考古案例研究。因此，这项研究的结果将增加越来越多的人类学文献，专注于史前美国西南部地区经济和社会制度的组织。此外，该项目还将有助于我们全面了解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方面所发挥的作用。

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.