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

在R·艾伦·柯维博士的指导下，梅芙·斯基德莫尔将从秘鲁Hatun Cotuyoc考古遗址挖掘史前房屋遗迹，并分析从中恢复的物质文化。该遗址及其周围地区受到最早的安第斯“帝国”之一“瓦里”的影响，这项研究考察了家庭如何融入这个更大的实体。家庭融入更大的政治计划的研究对于理解国家一级和基于个人的权力的范围和限制都很重要。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，有助于深入了解将群体联系在一起的机制，以及将他们区分开来的机制。斯基德莫尔的研究将获得有关家庭活动、居民消费模式以及国内物质文化和习俗与其他瓦里人聚居地的亲和力的数据。关于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关于瓦里在该地区巩固国家权力的三个假设。这些情况包括家庭融入国家系统的情况是随着时间的推移而维持的，随着与国家联系的减弱而减少，或者在国家发展过程中只发生短暂和相对较晚的情况。除了支持对斯基德莫尔的培训外，该项目还将致力于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。这项工作也将使华罗社区的人们受益，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，考古学家将帮助向社区成员传授考古研究，考古与抢劫有何不同，以及保护文化遗产的重要性。这将特别针对学龄儿童，他们将被邀请参观考古遗址和了解考古知识，但将通过定期向社区介绍来接触其他人。研究结果将在英语和西班牙语期刊上发表，并在美国和秘鲁的专业会议上公布。

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.