Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant : Flaked stone artifacts as potential indicators of group identity in 13th century assemblages from southeastern Arizona

博士论文改进补助金：亚利桑那州东南部 13 世纪建筑群中的片状石器作为群体身份的潜在指标

• 批准号: 0638980
• 负责人: Michael Adler
• 金额: $ 0.31万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0638980&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Flaked

Marie-Blanche Roudaut, under the supervision of Dr. Michael Adler (Southern Methodist University) will investigate whether flaked stone artifacts such as projectile points can be used to determine the identity of the prehistoric human groups who manufactured them. Even though stone tools and their byproducts are abundant at archaeological sites because they were used in almost every aspect of economic life, they are rarely used as clues to determine prehistoric group affiliation. This study will focus on flaked stone artifacts recovered from archaeological sites dating to the thirteenth century in northeastern and southeastern Arizona. By AD 1250 prehistoric Native American groups, the Kayenta and the Tusayan were living in northeastern Arizona and began migrating southward. The Kayenta region was essentially abandoned by the end of that century. By the end of the thirteenth century Kayenta/Tusayan communities began appearing in southeastern Arizona, particularly in the Safford Basin and in the Lower San Pedro River Valley. These communities exhibit a set of characteristics, such as specific house architecture and pottery style typically found in communities of northeastern Arizona.This study will first focus on the analysis of the flaked stone artifacts recovered from recent excavations at archaeological sites located in northeastern Arizona dating between AD 1250 and 1300. In this analysis, each step of the manufacturing process will be reconstructed in order to understand how the Kayenta/Tusayan people made their stone implements. These manufacturing techniques will then be compared to the manufacturing techniques identified at migrant communities in the Safford area and the San Pedro River Valley to test whether migrant groups from northeastern Arizona retained their specific ways of making stone tools. The final step of this analysis is to then compare the manufacturing techniques from migrant communities in southeastern Arizona to the manufacturing techniques used by local indigenous groups to see if the migrant groups have retained their manufacturing techniques or if they adopted the techniques of the local populations.Beyond research questions of interest to the community of archaeologists who study stone tools in prehistoric societies, this project will have a broader impact for other fields of social science, particularly research focused on the scale of population movements and their impact on local populations. In addition, this project will enhance the level of public understanding on how science can play an essential role in understanding group migration and how it impacts group identity and how different groups relate to each other. After completion of this project, publication in both refereed journals and professional newsletters will communicate the results to the scientific community while preparation of a website will make the results of this project accessible to the general public. Furthermore, this project will provide the author an invaluable opportunity to gain training in the various methods of flaked stone analysis.

Marie-Blanche Roudaut在Michael Adler博士（南卫理公会大学）的监督下将调查是否可以使用诸如射弹点之类的片状石制品来确定制造它们的史前人类群体的身份。 尽管石器及其副产品在考古遗址中大量存在，因为它们几乎用于经济生活的各个方面，但它们很少被用作确定史前群体归属的线索。这项研究将集中在从亚利桑那州东北部和东南部的考古遗址中发现的可追溯到十三世纪的片状石器。 到公元1250年，史前美洲原住民群体，卡耶塔和图萨扬人生活在亚利桑那州东北部，并开始向南迁移。 到那个世纪末，卡耶塔地区基本上被遗弃了。 到了13世纪末，卡耶塔/图萨扬社区开始出现在亚利桑那州东南部，特别是在萨福德盆地和下圣佩德罗河谷。 这些社区表现出一系列的特点，如特定的房屋建筑和陶器风格通常发现在亚利桑那州东北部的communities.This study will first focus on the analysis of flaked stone artifacts recovered from recent excavations at archaeological sites located in Northeast Arizona dating between AD 1250 and 1300. 在本分析中，将重建制造过程的每一步，以了解卡耶塔/图萨扬人是如何制作石器的。 然后，这些制造技术将与在萨福德地区和圣佩德罗河谷的移民社区确定的制造技术进行比较，以测试来自亚利桑那州东北部的移民群体是否保留了他们制造石器的特定方式。 这项分析的最后一步是将亚利桑那州东南部移民社区的制造技术与当地土著群体使用的制造技术进行比较，看看移民群体是否保留了他们的制造技术，或者他们是否采用了当地居民的技术。除了研究史前社会石器工具的考古学家社区感兴趣的研究问题之外，这一项目将对社会科学的其他领域产生更广泛的影响，特别是侧重于人口流动规模及其对当地人口影响的研究。 此外，该项目还将提高公众对科学如何在理解群体移徙方面发挥重要作用的认识水平，以及科学如何影响群体身份和不同群体之间的关系。 项目完成后，将在权威期刊和专业通讯上发表成果，向科学界通报，同时筹备一个网站，使公众能够了解项目成果。 此外，该项目将为作者提供一个宝贵的机会，接受各种剥落石分析方法的培训。