The Role of Residence Location in the Establishment of Community Identity

这个研究项目解决了社区如何适应新移民的问题。移民发生在一系列空间尺度上，可能涉及临时或永久搬迁，发生在多个方向，并因各种原因而进行，这些原因涉及拉动因素，如对丰富资源或宗教自由的承诺，以及推动因素，如逃离压迫性政权或暴力文化。在这种情况下，人们可能会选择炫耀自己身份的独特和高度可见的标记，或者选择通过模仿或模仿邻居的物质文化来掩盖自己的身份，每种策略对社区成员的成功融合都有不同的影响。物质文化的许多不太明显的属性，特别是那些在生命早期学到的运动技能的产物，不容易改变，因此是文化起源的有力指标。Sissel Schroeder将研究物质文化的高可见性和低可见性属性及其在密西西比城镇的空间分布，该城镇通过人口聚集而形成，并于公元13世纪在北美大陆中部崛起，这是北美人口大量流动的时期。深入了解多元文化社区是如何形成的，如何在几代人之间取得成功，以及如何瓦解，对当今世界种族动荡的全球性问题具有重要意义。参与该项目的本科生和研究生将获得考古实验室方法、物质文化鉴定、策展最佳实践以及组织和分析技能方面的实践培训。通过对低可见性属性的调查，如用于制作绳索的纤维的定向扭曲，以及粘土和混合粘土制作陶器的回火材料的种类，将有可能识别来自不同背景的人的学习社区；同时加入一些高可见性属性，将有可能更充分地探讨物质文化在文化认同的构成和转化中的作用。此次研究将以20世纪40年代以来收藏的现有考古藏品为对象进行，从而提高这些不可替代的材料的价值，促进考古收藏的重要性，并大大增加对单个社区社会复杂性的基本认识。施罗德博士将运用一种新颖的调查方法来研究织物。由于织物很少能在潮湿的东部林地保存下来，考古学家只能通过陶瓷器皿表面留下的印痕来研究它。从织物印痕的高分辨率数字照片中开发的逆向工程3D模型将揭示纺织品生产的细节，而不必使用污染和破坏古代材料的现代媒体对织物进行印痕。

This research project addresses the question of how communities adapt to accommodate new migrants. Migration happens at a range of spatial scales, may involve temporary or permanent relocation, occurs in multiple directions, and is undertaken for a variety of reasons that involve pull factors, such as the promise of abundant resources or religious freedom, and push factors, like escaping an oppressive regime or culture of violence. In such contexts, people may choose to flaunt the distinctive and highly visible markers of their identity or opt to mask their identity by emulating or mimicking the material culture of their neighbors, and each strategy has different implications for the successful integration of community members. Many of the less visible attributes of material culture, especially those that are the product of motor skills learned early in life are not easily changed and therefore are strong indicators of cultural origin. Sissel Schroeder will investigate both the high visibility and low visibility attributes of material culture and their spatial distribution at a Mississippian town that formed through population coalescence and rose to prominence in the midcontinent of North America in the 13th century AD, a time of considerable population movement across North America. Gaining insights into how a multi-cultural community forms, is successful for multiple generations, and dissolves has implications for global issues of ethnic unrest in the world today. Undergraduate and graduate students who participate in the project will gain practical hands-on training in archaeological laboratory methods, material culture identification, and curatorial best practices, as well as organizational and analytical skills.Through the investigation of low visibility attributes, like the directional twist of the fibers used to make cordage and the kinds of clay and temper materials mixed with the clay to make pottery, it will be possible to identify learning communities of people from diverse backgrounds; by also incorporating some high visibility attributes, it will be possible to more fully explore the role of material culture in the constitution and transformation of cultural identity. The research will be conducted on existing archaeological collections that have been curated since the 1940s, thereby enhancing the value of these irreplaceable materials, promoting the importance of archaeological curation, and significantly augmenting basic understanding of the social complexity of an individual community. Dr. Schroeder will apply a novel investigative approach to the study of fabric. Since fabric rarely preserves in the humid Eastern Woodlands, archaeologists are restricted to studying it through impressions left on the exterior of ceramic vessels. Reverse-engineered 3D models developed from high resolution digital photographs of fabric impressions will reveal details of textile production without having to take impressions of the fabric using modern media that contaminate and damage the ancient materials.