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

在R. Alan Covey博士的指导下，Maeve Skidmore将挖掘秘鲁哈顿库图约克考古遗址的史前房屋遗迹，并分析从中恢复的物质文化。该遗址及其周边地区受到安第斯第一个“帝国”之一“Wari”的影响，本研究考察了家庭融入这个更大实体的方式。将家庭整合到更大的政治计划中的研究对于理解国家层面和个人层面的权力的范围和限制都很重要。这项研究将为早期国家发展的全球考古学视角做出贡献，但它也与当今世界有关，在当今世界，无法整合人口的政治制度变得脆弱。了解具有不同身份和议程的人们是如何选择参与或不参与国家机构和社会实践的，可以让我们深入了解将不同群体联系在一起的机制，以及将他们分开的机制。Skidmore的研究将收集有关家庭活动、居民消费模式以及家庭物质文化和实践与其他Wari定居点的亲和力的数据。关于这些模式如何随时间变化的信息将用于评估关于该地区瓦里国家权力巩固的三种假设。这些情况包括家庭与国家体系的融合一直保持着，随着与国家联系的减弱而减少，或者只是在国家发展过程中短暂且相对较晚发生的情况。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，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，他们将被邀请参观发掘并学习考古学，但将通过定期向社区介绍来接触其他人。研究结果将在英文和西班牙文刊物上发表，并在美国和秘鲁的专业会议上提出。

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.