Collaborative Research: A Bioarchaeological and Biogeochemical Approach to Understanding the Intersection of Social Identities and Local Biologies in the Context of Childhood

在前西班牙裔安第斯山脉地区，和许多地区一样，在日常生活的许多方面，国家和地方社区的相对重要性之间存在着紧张关系。为了更好地了解安第斯山脉的国家级组织及其对过去生活经历的影响，该合作项目将在安第斯山脉中南部的Tiwanaku政体的Middle Horizon（约公元500-1100年）测试多元化与集中控制的模式。的理论框架？当地生物吗?该研究项目承认个人受当地环境因素和特定文化信仰的影响，并审查蒂瓦纳库政体在儿童社会化以及性别和种族等社会身份的形成和维持方面的相对作用。这些问题是通过在秘鲁的莫克瓜和玻利维亚的蒂瓦纳库以及在美国的佛蒙特大学和亚利桑那州立大学进行的为期三年的生物考古和生物地球化学数据收集和分析来解决的。该项目还将系统地编制一个分散在美国和国外多个机构档案中的现有资料数据库。通过这个项目产生的数据将推进生物考古学和考古化学领域，以及对过去和现在的童年的更普遍的理解。该项目的更广泛影响包括教育和培训来自美国、秘鲁和玻利维亚的学生和专业人员。项目成员将参与研究过程的每个阶段，并获得技能，使他们能够将这些知识应用到自己的研究中。更一般地说，这项研究提供了一个长期的视角来看待童年的社会和生物结构的复杂性，特别是那些影响儿童和孕产妇健康的结构。最后，该项目将通过来自四个不同国家的两名女性主管和研究人员，将多样性融入其教育和研究项目。通过建立新的国际合作，并将不同的专业人士和学生纳入研究，该项目将创建一个反映全球人口的科学社区，并将培养未来的学者在这样的环境中茁壮成长。

In the pre-Hispanic Andes, as in many regions, there is a tension between the relative importance of state and local communities in many aspects of everyday life. To better understand state-level organization in the Andes and its impact on lived experiences in the past, this collaborative project will test models of pluralism versus centralized control in the Middle Horizon (ca. AD 500-1100) Tiwanaku polity of the South Central Andes. Using the theoretical framework of ?local biologies,? which acknowledges that individuals are shaped by local environmental factors as well as culturally specific beliefs, this research project examines the relative role of the Tiwanaku polity in socialization of children and the formation and maintenance of social identities, like gender and ethnicity. These questions are addressed through three years of bioarchaeological and biogeochemical data collection and analysis in Moquegua, Peru, and Tiwanaku, Bolivia, and at the University of Vermont and Arizona State University in the United States. The project also will systematically compile a database of existing information dispersed in archives at multiple institutions in the United States and abroad. The data generated through this project will advance the fields of bioarchaeology and archaeological chemistry, as well as more general understandings of childhood in the past and present. Broader impacts of this project include the education and training of students and professionals from the United States, Peru, and Bolivia. Project members will participate in each stage of the research process and gain skills allowing them to apply this knowledge to their own research. More generally, this research provides a long-term perspective on the complexities of social and biological constructions of childhood, particularly those impacting child and maternal health. Finally, the project will integrate diversity into its education and research programs with two female directors and researchers from four different countries. By creating new international collaborations and integrating diverse professionals and students into the research, the project will create a scientific community that reflects the global population and will train future scholars to thrive in such an environment.