Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: In the Aftermath of Migration- Modeling the Social Consequences of Classic Period Migrations in Southeastern Arizona

在Barbara J. Mills博士的指导下，Anna Neuzil将进行研究，以了解古典时期（公元1200-1450年）向亚利桑那州东南部迁移的规模和影响。她将把重点放在萨福德盆地和阿拉瓦帕河地区，这是西南考古学家相对较少研究的地区。然而，许多学者推测，这些地区在古典时期经历了北方移民的涌入。Neuzil的研究将着眼于史前陶瓷、国内建筑和30个遗址表面的空间结构，以确定1)史前移民进入这些地区的规模，以及2)移民对移民和土著人口身份表达的影响。在过去的十年里，考古记录中对迁徙的研究取得了相当大的进展，而Neuzil的项目将使对迁徙的理解迈出重要的一步。众所周知，移民在西南地区的许多地区都发挥了重要作用，但这项研究很少涉及具有广泛不同文化背景的人们在移民后相互处理的方式。Neuzil的研究将集中在四种主要类型的证据上，以确定和确定考古记录中移民的程度，并了解移民和土著人口的身份如何随着移民而变化。未涂漆的陶瓷和家庭建筑将被检查其制造技术差异的证据，这些技术已被证明可以区分具有不同背景的人口，例如移民和土著人口。同样，将分析所检查场址的空间安排，以调查移徙人口和东道国人口之间的差异。先前的空间分析表明，空间可以被量化和解释，以反映人和群体的独特背景。装饰陶瓷将用于将地点置于一个时间框架中，并研究个人和群体如何在这些容器的风格设计中表达他们的身份。有了这四种类型的证据，Neuzil不仅将促进对这个研究不足的领域的理解，而且还将为移民研究做出贡献，具有潜在的广泛的跨学科影响。这项研究除了对萨福德和阿拉瓦帕地区的考古认识以及移民过程的贡献之外，还将有两个主要的影响领域。首先，这项研究的结果将提交给对该地区感兴趣的美洲原住民部落。虽然这项研究的目的不是为了证明过去居住在该地区的群体与任何特定部落之间的文化联系，但这项研究的结果将对美洲原住民部落感兴趣，因为它们从考古学的角度建立了对西南地区整体人口统计和人口动态的理解。第二，公众宣传，特别是在向当地萨福德和阿拉瓦帕社区传播这项研究方面，是这个项目的一个重要方面。Neuzil将参与当地博物馆展览发展的公开演讲和咨询，并在整个项目过程中传播为公众撰写的出版物。此外，诺齐尔将获得对她作为考古学者的发展至关重要的领域和分析方法的培训。

Under the supervision of Dr. Barbara J. Mills, Anna Neuzil will undertake research to understand the scale and impact of Classic period (A.D. 1200-1450) migrations into southeastern Arizona. She will focus on the Safford Basin and Aravaipa Creek areas, which have been relatively unstudied by southwestern archaeologists. Yet, many scholars have speculated that these areas experienced an influx of migrants from the north during the Classic Period. Neuzil's research will look at prehistoric ceramics, domestic architecture, and the structure of space on the surface of 30 sites to determine 1) the scale at which prehistoric migration into these regions occurred, and 2) the effect of migration on the expression of identity by both migrant and indigenous populations.Research on migration in the archaeological record has advanced considerably in the last decade, and Neuzil's project will take the understanding of migration an important step further. Migration is known to have played an important role in many regions of the Southwest, but very little of this research has addressed the ways in which people with widely disparate cultural backgrounds dealt with each other following migration. Neuzil's research will focus on four main types of evidence to identify and establish the extent of migrants in the archaeological record, and understand how the identity of migrants and indigenous populations changed following migration. Unpainted ceramics and domestic architecture will be examined for evidence of differences in their manufacturing techniques, which have been demonstrated to differentiate between populations with distinct backgrounds, such as migrant and indigenous populations. Similarly, the arrangement of space at the sites examined will be analyzed to investigate differences between migrant and host populations. Previous spatial analyses have shown that space can be quantified and interpreted to reflect the unique backgrounds of people and groups. Decorated ceramics will be used to place sites in a temporal framework, and examine how individuals and groups expressed their identity in the stylistic designs of these vessels. With these four types of evidence, Neuzil will not only advance the understanding of this poorly studied area, but also contribute to migration research with a potentially broad interdisciplinary impact.This research will have two main areas of impact beyond its contribution to the archaeological understanding of the Safford and Aravaipa areas and migration processes. First, the results of this research will be presented to Native American tribes who have an interest in the area. Although this research is not intended to demonstrate cultural affiliation between the groups that inhabited this area in the past and any specific tribe, the results of this research will be of interest to Native American tribes as they establish an understanding of the overall demographics and population dynamics of the Southwest from an archaeological perspective. Second, public outreach, particularly in terms of the dissemination of this research to the local Safford and Aravaipa communities, is an important aspect of this project. Neuzil will engage in public presentations and consultation on the development of exhibits at local museums, and disseminate publications written for the public throughout the course of this project. Furthermore, Neuzil will gain training in field and analysis methods important to her development as an archaeological scholar.