Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Examining Formative Craft Economies in the Northern Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru

博士论文改进补助金：检查秘鲁北的的喀喀湖盆地的形成性手工艺经济

• 批准号: 0940287
• 负责人: Charles Stanish
• 金额: $ 0.85万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0940287&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Examining

Under the supervision of Dr. Charles S. Stanish, Abigail R. Levine will conduct petrographic analysis and geochemical characterization of three specific types of finely made ceramics recovered during recent archaeological excavations at the site of Taraco. Taraco, located in northern Lake Titicaca Basin of Peru, flourished during the late Middle (1300-500 BC) and early Upper (500 BC-AD 400) Formative Periods. Taraco was a very important regional center, and was a likely predecessor to the Pukara polity. Analysis of excavated materials has indicated that Taraco participated in long-distance exchange and ceremonial activities throughout the Formative Period, but that the nature of these activities varied over time. This laboratory research will further investigate these patterns in order to examine the exchange of high-status craft goods over time on a regional scale. The information obtained through this research will help to explain how Taraco became larger and more complex than any of its immediate neighbors during the Middle Formative Period. This work will help to better define the emergence of multi-community polities in the Titicaca area and will contribute to the body of knowledge of increasing complexity worldwide.The craft economy, which consists of the manufacture, distribution, and consumption of crafted goods, is often cited as a fundamental aspect of increasing social complexity, and has been closely linked to the development of regional centers. Both the acquisition and accumulation of such objects represent an important source of prestige for aspiring elites, and their exchange plays an important role in the elaboration of social hierarchies. As an early center, Taraco is an excellent case for examining the Formative craft economy. Specifically, this research will obtain mineralogical and elemental data for three classes of non-domestic ceramics recovered from Taraco's high-status residences. These results will be compared with analogous materials from contemporaneous sites in the region order to monitor the production and circulation of these goods over time on a regional scale. Understanding the organization of the craft economy, and how it changed over time, is a critical first step towards understanding how economic and political power became centralized among a few communities in the northern Titicaca region. This project will have a series of impacts beyond its interest to the anthropological community. Throughout the duration of her research at Taraco, Levine has worked closely with both Peruvian scholars as well as local community members. Continued collaboration with the Taraco site museum will help to enhance public awareness of recent research and of the region's rich cultural history. A web-based archive will be created so that local and international scholars may access data from all stages of the research program. Synthetic publications in scholarly journals will communicate results to the scientific community. Levine and her undergraduate assistants will also gain valuable training in various geological characterization techniques, which will be used to obtain compositional data for the sample of ceramics described above.

在Charles S. Stanish，Abigail R. Levine将对最近在Taraco遗址考古发掘中发现的三种特定类型的精细陶瓷进行岩相分析和地球化学表征。位于秘鲁的的喀喀湖盆地北方的塔拉科，在中晚期（公元前1300-500年）和上早期（公元前500-公元400年）形成时期非常繁荣。 塔拉科是一个非常重要的区域中心，很可能是普卡拉政体的前身。 对出土材料的分析表明，塔拉科在整个形成期都参与了远距离的交流和仪式活动，但这些活动的性质随着时间的推移而变化。 这项实验室研究将进一步调查这些模式，以审查随着时间的推移，在区域范围内的高级工艺品的交流。 通过这项研究获得的信息将有助于解释在中期形成时期，塔拉科如何变得比其近邻更大，更复杂。 这项工作将有助于更好地定义的的喀喀地区多社区政治的出现，并将有助于增加世界范围内日益复杂的知识体系。手工艺经济，包括手工艺品的制造，分销和消费，经常被认为是社会复杂性增加的一个基本方面，并与区域中心的发展密切相关。这些物品的获得和积累是有抱负的精英们声望的重要来源，它们的交换在社会等级的形成中发挥着重要作用。作为一个早期的中心，塔拉科是一个很好的案例，研究形成工艺经济。 具体来说，这项研究将获得矿物学和元素数据的三个类的非家用陶瓷从塔拉科的高地位的住宅恢复。这些结果将与该区域同时期地点的类似材料进行比较，以监测这些货物在区域范围内的生产和流通情况。 了解手工业经济的组织以及它如何随着时间的推移而变化，是理解经济和政治权力如何集中在北方的的喀喀地区少数社区中的关键的第一步。 该项目将产生一系列超出其对人类学社区的兴趣的影响。 在她在塔拉科的研究期间，莱文与秘鲁学者以及当地社区成员密切合作。 继续与塔拉科遗址博物馆合作将有助于提高公众对最近研究和该地区丰富文化历史的认识。 将创建一个基于网络的档案，以便当地和国际学者可以访问研究计划各个阶段的数据。学术期刊上的综合出版物将向科学界传达结果。 Levine和她的本科生助手还将获得各种地质表征技术的宝贵培训，这些技术将用于获得上述陶瓷样品的成分数据。