Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Documenting Variability in Environmental Exploitation and Settlement Structure in the Central Scioto Valley

博士论文改进补助金：记录中央赛奥托山谷环境开发和定居结构的变化

• 批准号: 0832272
• 负责人: William Dancey
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University Research Foundation -DO NOT USE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0832272&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Documenting

Kevin C. Nolan, under the supervision of Dr. William S. Dancey, will examine the pattern of environmental exploitation and the village structure at the Fort Ancient (AD 1000-1650) Reinhardt site. Recent investigations shed light on important aspects of local variability for the Fort Ancient Tradition and other Ohio Valley Late Prehistoric groups. However, there is a paucity of investigated Late Prehistoric sites in the Central Scioto Valley. This investigation will add valuable knowledge about the variability of the human condition during the Fort Ancient period.First, Nolan will examine the availability and use of resources by the Reinhardt inhabitants. The subsistence choices of the villagers will be reconstructed by recovery of floral and faunal remains from a sample of remote-sensing identified features. The recovered material will be compared against expectations based on the distribution of habitat types and the availability of specific resource types. This will allow examination of relative procurement costs incurred by the village inhabitants for specific resources and may give clues as to resource stress.Second, this project will contribute to understanding the range of variability in Fort Ancient settlement organization. Knowledge of community organization is important for evaluating intra-community social relations. Fort Ancient sites have been argued to exhibit variability in settlement structure through time. However, many investigations expose only small portions of sites. Specifically, previous studies in the Central Scioto Valley have either exposed small portions of the village or were conducted prior to modern excavation and recording methods. As a result, there is little data on the organization of Fort Ancient communities in the Central Scioto Valley and no concept of variability. This project provides an opportunity to document the site structure of an Early Fort Ancient site in the Central Scioto Valley through a combination of geophysical survey, intensive surface collection, shovel test sampling, and feature excavation.This project contributes to current trends towards documenting local cultural variability. The appropriate starting point for such an analysis is the individual site. This project will build a model of Fort Ancient subsistence and settlement structure that captures spatial and temporal variability. This model is built from the site outwards, combining the Reinhardt site results and several recent projects utilizing the digital state site records database. Understanding of variability and persistence are crucial to building theoretically informed narratives of cultural change over time.In addition to helping Nolan to complete his doctoral degree, this project will inform local educational outreach efforts. Nolan already incorporates current archaeological knowledge into public outreach presentations and has funding to facilitate the production of pamphlets to accompany these outreach presentations. The pamphlets and the future presentations will present a nuanced illustration of Ohio Late Prehistory that is understandable by the general public and embraces the goals of public education. In addition, this project will facilitate preservation planning by and for the City of Columbus, Ohio. NSF support, coupled with funding already obtained, will aid in the preservation, education, and presentation of significant cultural remains for the people of Ohio.

凯文·C诺兰，在威廉·S.丹西，将研究环境开发的模式和村庄结构在古堡（公元1000-1650年）莱因哈特网站。最近的调查揭示了当地的变化的重要方面的堡垒古代传统和其他俄亥俄州山谷晚史前群体。然而，有一个在中央Scioto谷晚史前遗址的调查缺乏。这项调查将增加有关古堡时期人类状况变化的宝贵知识。首先，诺兰将研究莱因哈特居民对资源的可用性和使用情况。将通过从遥感确定的特征样本中恢复植物和动物遗骸，重建村民的生计选择。将根据生境类型的分布和特定资源类型的可用性，将回收的材料与预期进行比较。这将允许检查的相对采购成本所产生的村庄居民为特定的资源，并可能提供线索，资源stress.Second，这个项目将有助于了解的变化范围堡古定居点组织。社区组织的知识对于评估社区内的社会关系很重要。古城堡遗址一直被认为是随着时间的推移表现出定居结构的变化。然而，许多调查只暴露了一小部分遗址。具体来说，以前在中央Scioto山谷的研究要么暴露了村庄的一小部分，要么是在现代挖掘和记录方法之前进行的。因此，几乎没有数据的组织堡古代社区在中央Scioto谷和没有概念的变化。该项目提供了一个机会，通过地球物理调查，密集的表面收集，铲测试取样和功能挖掘相结合，记录在中央Scioto谷早期堡垒古代遗址的网站结构。该项目有助于记录当地文化的变化目前的趋势。这种分析的适当起点是个别地点。该项目将建立一个古堡生存和定居结构的模型，捕捉空间和时间的变化。这个模型是建立从网站向外，结合莱因哈特网站的结果和最近的几个项目，利用数字状态网站记录数据库。理解变异性和持久性对于建立理论上知情的文化变迁叙事随着时间的推移至关重要。除了帮助诺兰完成他的博士学位，这个项目将告知当地的教育推广工作。诺兰已经将当前的考古知识纳入公共宣传演讲，并有资金促进制作小册子，以配合这些宣传演讲。小册子和未来的演讲将提出一个细致入微的说明俄亥俄州晚史前史是由公众理解，并拥抱公共教育的目标。此外，该项目将促进俄亥俄州哥伦布市的保护规划。美国国家科学基金会的支持，加上已经获得的资金，将有助于保护，教育和介绍重要的文化遗迹的俄亥俄州的人民。