Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Cultural Development And Divergence In The Maritime Northeast

博士论文改进补助金：东北沿海地区的文化发展与分歧

• 批准号: 1436296
• 负责人: Kevin McBride
• 金额: $ 1.77万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1436296&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Cultural

Under the guidance of Dr. Kevin McBride, Martin Hrynick will conduct excavations at the Devil's Head site located in Calais, Maine. The research has significance for two basic reasons. The first is that it provides insight into a poorly known aspect of US prehistory. Secondly the work has important methodological implications. While a central archaeological goal is to reconstruct as many aspects as possible of past human existence, one is constrained by the very limited nature of the archaeological record which consists largely of discarded waste materials and the spatial relationships among them. Through an analysis of the Devil's Head site and comparison with an already excavated counterpart Mr. Hrynick will explore ways to increase the amount of information which can be extracted.Devil's Head is an eroding shell-bearing site located on the St. Croix Estuary of the Western Quoddy Region. The site includes components dating to the Middle (2200-1350 BP) and Late (1350-550 BP) Maritime Woodland periods. The transition from the Middle to Late Maritime Woodland period is not well understood, but may be marked by ethnic divergence and increasing hunter-gatherer sedentism. To date, studies of this transition have focused on economics and site structure. To approach this transition, Mr. Hrynick will excavate and analyze dwelling features at the Devil's Head site to form a comparative to a temporally and environmentally similar dataset from Port Joli Harbour, Nova Scotia. No such high-resolution view of dwelling features from two parts of the Maritime Peninsula presently exists. Both sites are within the Wabanaki homeland, which was, during the Middle and Late Woodland period, home to closely related groups of Algonquian hunter-gatherers. This offers a singular opportunity to consider ethnic divergence alongside changing mobility practices. Broader impacts of this program will be developed via collaboration with local stakeholders, including the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the City of Calais. The project will include educational programs for youth and a public archaeology program to build capacity for future public archaeological projects in the region. The eroding nature of the Devil's Head site offers a relatable record of rising sea-level related to climate change, offering particular value for educational initiatives. Research from this project will be disseminated in both public and professional publications and conferences, including a series of public lectures in the Western Quoddy Region.

在凯文·麦克布莱德博士的指导下，马丁·赫里尼克将在位于缅因州加莱的魔鬼头遗址进行挖掘。这项研究的重要性有两个基本原因。首先，它提供了对美国史前史一个鲜为人知的方面的洞察。第二，这项工作具有重要的方法论意义。虽然考古学的一个中心目标是尽可能多地重建过去人类存在的各个方面，但考古学记录的性质非常有限，主要由废弃的废料和它们之间的空间关系组成。通过对魔鬼头遗址的分析，并与已挖掘的同类遗址进行比较，Hrynick先生将探索如何增加可提取的信息量。魔鬼头遗址是一个受侵蚀的贝壳遗址，位于西部Quoddy地区的圣克鲁瓦河口。该遗址包括可追溯到中期（2200-1350 BP）和晚期（1350-550 BP）海洋林地时期的组件。从中期到晚期的海洋林地时期的过渡还不太清楚，但可能以种族分歧和狩猎采集者的定居主义为标志。迄今为止，这种转变的研究集中在经济和网站结构。为了接近这一转变，Hrynick先生将挖掘和分析魔鬼头遗址的居住特征，以形成与新斯科舍省乔利港在时间和环境上相似的数据集的比较。目前还没有这样高分辨率的半岛两个部分的住宅特征视图。这两个地点都在瓦巴纳基的家园内，在中晚期林地时期，这里是阿尔冈琴狩猎采集者的家园。这提供了一个独特的机会来考虑种族差异以及不断变化的流动做法。 该方案的更广泛影响将通过与当地利益攸关方，包括帕萨马科迪部落和加莱市的合作来发展。该项目将包括青年教育方案和公共考古方案，以建设该地区未来公共考古项目的能力。魔鬼头遗址的侵蚀性质提供了与气候变化有关的海平面上升的相关记录，为教育举措提供了特别价值。该项目的研究成果将在公共和专业出版物和会议上传播，包括在西部Quoddy地区举办一系列公开讲座。