Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: A Domestic Perspective on Wari State Expansion

在R博士的指导下，阿兰·科维、梅芙·斯基德莫尔将从秘鲁的哈通·科图约克考古遗址挖掘史前房屋遗迹，并分析从中恢复的物质文化。 该网站及其周边地区的影响下的“瓦里”的第一个安第斯“帝国”之一，本研究探讨了家庭融入这个更大的实体的方式。家庭融入更大的政治计划的研究是重要的，了解国家层面和个人为基础的权力的范围和限制。 这项研究将有助于从全球考古学的角度研究早期国家的发展，但它也与当今世界有关，在当今世界，无法整合人口的政治政权变得脆弱。 了解具有不同身份和议程的人如何选择参与或留在国家机构和社会实践之外，可以深入了解将群体联系在一起的机制，以及将他们分开的机制。 斯基德莫尔的研究将收集有关家庭活动、居民消费模式以及国内物质文化和习俗与其他瓦里人定居点的相似性的数据。 这些模式如何随着时间的推移而变化的信息将被用来评估三个假设，在该地区的瓦里国家权力的巩固。 其中包括家庭融入国家系统的情况，随着时间的推移而保持，随着与国家关系的减弱而减少，或者在国家发展过程中只是短暂和相对较晚的情况。除了支持对斯基德莫尔的培训外，该项目还将努力在美国和秘鲁的考古学家之间建立合作关系。 它将为利马和库斯科大学的考古学学生提供培训机会。 这项工作还将使Huaro社区的人们受益，因为该项目将为经济机会有限的个人提供就业机会。 在进行实地研究的同时，考古学家将帮助社区成员了解考古研究，它与抢劫的区别以及保护文化遗产的重要性。 这将特别针对学龄儿童，他们将被邀请参观挖掘工作并了解考古学，但也将通过定期向社区介绍而影响其他人。 研究结果将在英文和西班牙文期刊上发表，并在美国和秘鲁的专业会议上介绍。

Under the guidance of Dr. R. Alan Covey, Maeve Skidmore will excavate remains of prehistoric houses from the archaeological site of Hatun Cotuyoc in Peru and analyze material culture recovered from them. The site and its surrounding region came under the influence of the 'Wari' one of the first Andean 'empires' and this research examines the ways in which households were integrated into this larger entity. The study of household integration into larger political schemes is important for understanding the scope and limits of both state-level and individual-based power. The research will contribute to global archaeological perspectives on the development of early states, but it also has relevance to today's world, in which political regimes unable to integrate populations become frail. Understanding how people with diverse identities and agendas chose to participate in or remain outside of state institutions and social practices provides insight on the mechanisms that bind groups together, as well as the ones that set them apart. Skidmore's research will acquire data on activities carried out in households, consumption patterns of residents, and the affinity of domestic material culture and practices to those known from other Wari settlements. Information on how these patterns changed over time will be used to evaluate three hypotheses regarding the consolidation of Wari state power in the region. These include scenarios in which household integration into state systems was maintained through time, diminished with the weakening of ties to the state, or occurred only ephemerally and relatively late in the course of state development. In addition to supporting training for Skidmore, this project will work to build collaborative relationships between archaeologists from the United States and Peru. It will provide training opportunities for archaeology students from universities in Lima and Cusco. The work will also benefit people in the Huaro community, as the project will offer employment to individuals who have limited economic opportunities. While conducting research in the field, archaeologists will help to teach community members about archaeological research, how it differs from looting, and the importance of protecting cultural patrimony. This will especially be directed at school-aged children, who will be invited to visit excavations and learn about archaeology, but will reach others through periodic presentations made to the community. Results of research will be published in English and Spanish language journals and presented at professional conferences in the United States and Peru.