Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: The Origins and Impact of the Inca State: A Bioarchaeological Investigation of the Cuzco Valley

博士论文改进：印加国家的起源和影响：库斯科山谷的生物考古调查

• 批准号: 0424213
• 负责人: Phillip Walker
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0424213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Origins; Impact

This project is a bioarchaeological study of the health status and population affinities of the prehistoric Cuzco Valley population of Peru. Despite the wealth of information on the Inca, the origin of their state remains obscure. In the proposed research, longstanding hypotheses concerning the geographic origins of the Inca will be tested through analyses of cranial vault modification and skeletal and dental traits. Paleopathological data will be used to document the health consequences of increasing sociopolitical complexity. By combining physical anthropological and mortuary data, this study will shed new light on the emergence and development of the Inca state.The intellectual merits of this research lie in the data it will provide on the origins of the Inca and their expansion into the largest empire in the prehistoric Andes. The research will also shed light on the relationship between the Inca state and the earlier Tiwanaku state. Analyses of pathology and trauma will provide key information regarding the impact of the state on health and the role of warfare in state formation. Moreover, by adding to a growing database of analyzed skeletal collections from throughout the Andean region, this research will help bioarchaeologists gain a broader perspective on the influences state level societies have on the living conditions of local populations under their control.The broader impacts of this research include its contributions to graduate training and education and fostering the development of international scientific cooperation. Finally, the dissemination of this research in Peru will contribute to the growing indigenous interest in the cultural achievements of the Inca.

该项目是对秘鲁库斯科山谷史前居民的健康状况和人口亲缘关系进行生物考古研究。尽管关于印加人的信息非常丰富，但他们国家的起源仍然模糊不清。在拟议的研究中，将通过分析颅穹窿的修改以及骨骼和牙齿特征来测试长期存在的关于印加地理起源的假设。古病理学数据将用于记录日益增加的社会政治复杂性的健康后果。本研究结合体质人类学和丧葬资料，对印加国家的产生和发展提供了新的认识。本研究的学术价值在于，它将为印加的起源和他们在史前安第斯山脉的最大帝国的扩张提供数据。这项研究还将揭示印加国家和早期蒂瓦纳库国家之间的关系。病理学和创伤分析将提供关于国家对健康的影响以及战争在国家形成中的作用的关键信息。此外，通过增加来自整个安第斯地区的分析骨骼收集的不断增长的数据库，这项研究将帮助生物考古学家获得更广泛的视角，了解国家一级社会对其控制下的当地人口生活条件的影响，这项研究的更广泛影响包括其对研究生培训和教育的贡献，以及促进国际科学合作的发展。最后，在秘鲁传播这一研究成果将有助于提高土著人民对印加文化成就的兴趣。