Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Reconstructing Social Networks in Uncertain Enviornments using Archaeological Ceramics

这个项目将支持Copi Gjesfjeld的论文研究，这是对千岛群岛陶瓷使用和社会组织的系统研究。COPI建议利用定量网络建模方法，通过物质遗迹，特别是陶瓷碎片来了解社会组织。将根据陶瓷的地球化学来源创建网络模型，这些模型可能会为史前时期陶瓷的社会运动提供洞察力。COPI已经完成了关于陶瓷采购的重要前期工作，并已获得俄罗斯和日本机构的协议，以分析这些材料。该项目将有助于更广泛地了解北太平洋，特别是岛屿环境中的早期社会组织。

This project will support the Thesis research of CoPI Gjesfjeld, which is a systematic examination of ceramic use and social organization in the Kuril Islands. The CoPI proposes to utilize a quantitative network modeling approach to understand social organization via material remains, specifically ceramic sherds. Network models will be created based on geochemical sourcing of the ceramics and these models will potentially provide insights into social movement of ceramics in the prehistoric past. The CoPI has completed significant preliminary work on the ceramic sourcing and has obtained agreements from the Russian and Japanese institutions to analyze the materials. This project will contribute to a broader understanding of early social organization in the North Pacific and specifically in island environments.