Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Exploring Migration and Social Identity in the Albuquerque Area during the Late Developmental to Coalition Period Transition

在Patricia Crown博士的监督下，Dorothy Larson女士将对新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的史前陶器进行研究。这些藏品可以追溯到公元1100-1300年，这一时期该地区发生了重大的社会变化。在这个时代，人们从许多较小的、分散的村庄搬到了更少、更大的村庄。伴随着这些社会变化的是陶瓷技术和设计的显著变化。考古学家提出了两种不同的假说来解释这些发展：(1)新人迁入该地区，或(2)社会政治联盟的转移。拉森将使用陶瓷分析来检验这些不同的假设。陶器的低能见度属性可以用来识别人们的迁徙。虽然外来陶工可以很容易地复制当地陶器的明显特征，通常是陶工制作陶器的方式，但他们的“习得传统”抵制改变。因此，通过深入的研究，包括化学和地质分析，可以将移民陶器与当地传统区分开来，以帮助确定陶器的生产地点。这项研究对学术界和公众都具有重要意义。尽管阿尔伯克基是新墨西哥州人口最多的城市，但令人惊讶的是，该地区的考古工作很少，特别是在这个时期。因此，这项研究将填补了解新墨西哥州丰富文化遗产的一大空白。这个项目也很重要，因为它完全依赖于从联邦授权的文化资源管理项目(如修路前所需的项目)中回收的文物。这些项目的目的是保存有关过去的信息，以及保存未来可能产生额外信息的物品。博物馆的藏品构成了这些公共资助的考古材料的虚拟宝库。这项研究将利用这一未得到充分利用的资源。该项目将对公共教育产生重大影响。马克斯韦尔人类学博物馆将开发一个针对初中生的展览和网站，学生将参与开发。拉森女士与数学、工程、科学成就(MESA)建立了合作伙伴关系。新墨西哥州高等商学院的使命是为该州不同文化背景的学生群体提供科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)方面的丰富。62%的新墨西哥州梅萨州学生享受免费或减价午餐，56%是女性，72%是目标少数民族。因此，该项目将惠及在科学职业中代表性不足的群体。梅萨的学生将参加一个暑期丰富项目，该项目将跟踪从田野到实验室到博物馆的文物。该计划将专注于考古学家如何使用物理科学的技术以及科学方法。

Under the supervision of Dr. Patricia Crown, Ms. Dorothy Larson will conduct research on prehistoric pottery from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The collections date from ~AD 1100-1300, a period that spans significant social changes in the region. During this era, people moved from many smaller, scattered pueblos to fewer, larger villages. These social changes are accompanied by notable shifts in ceramic technology and design. Archaeologists have put forth two different hypotheses to explain these developments: (1) migration of new people into the area, or (2) shifting sociopolitical alliances. Ms. Larson will use ceramic analysis to test these alternate hypotheses. Low-visibility attributes of pottery can be used to identify migration of people. While migrant potters may easily copy highly visible attributes of local pottery, typically, the way that potters manufacture a pot,their "learned tradition" is resistant to change. Therefore, migrant pottery can be distinguished from local traditions through intensive research, including chemical and geologic analyses to help pinpoint the location where the pottery was produced. The research is significant both to the academic community and the public. Despite the fact that Albuquerque is New Mexico's most populous city, there has been surprisingly little archaeological work in the region, particularly for the time period in question. Therefore, this research will fill a major void in the understanding of New Mexico's rich cultural heritage. This project is also important because it relies exclusively on artifacts recovered from federally-mandated cultural resource management projects (such as those required prior to road construction). The purpose of these projects is to preserve information about the past, as well as to preserve the objects that may yield additional information in the future. Museum collections constitute a virtual treasure trove of these publicly funded archaeological materials. This research will tap into this under-utilized resource. The project will have a significant impact on public education. An exhibit and website, targeting middle to high school age students, will be developed at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, and students will participate in development. Ms. Larson has built a partnership with Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA). The mission of New Mexico MESA is to provide the state's culturally diverse student body with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) enrichment. Sixty-two percent of New Mexico MESA students receive free or reduced lunch, 56% are female, and 72% are targeted minorities. Therefore, the project will reach groups that are under-represented in science careers. MESA students will participate in a summer enrichment program, which will follow artifacts from the field through the lab to the museum. The program will focus on how archaeologists use techniques from the physical sciences, as well as the scientific method.