Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Community Development and Culture Negotiation

博士论文改进补助金：社区发展和文化谈判

• 批准号: 1848473
• 负责人: Marin Pilloud
• 金额: $ 1.51万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1848473&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Community

The Early Bronze Age (EBA) in the Near East is characterized by marked sociopolitical and economic changes. In particular, social stratification, urbanization, extensive intra- and interregional trade networks, and population movement and densification are notable features of this period. While archaeological investigations have bolstered understanding of each of these aspects, bioarchaeological investigations are in a unique position through the use of human remains to address questions of population interaction, social organization, and community formation. This research will investigate the complex interaction between population density, population diversity, and culture contact in the development of incipient urbanization, migration, and the production of community identities. Such research has modern-day implications regarding the human response to population density and diversity, urban and neighborhood development, migration, and inter-population interaction. International collaboration will be fostered between several institutions in both the United States and Turkey. This project will also contribute to the training of an undergraduate student in bioarchaeological and statistical skills and encourage the participation of underrepresented groups in biological anthropology. Results from this research will be shared through publication in several academic journals, international and domestic lectures, and data will be shared in the digital data repository, ScholarWorks.This research will examine the community formation practices and demographic processes of EBA Anatolia using the site Karata-Semay (c. 2800-2300 BCE) in southwestern Anatolia. This settlement exhibits evidence of emerging hierarchy, neighborhood formation, homogenous architectural and burial practices, and involvement in the interregional trade networks of the Eastern Mediterranean. Utilizing dental metric and morphological data collected on both permanent and deciduous dentitions, this research will conduct intra- and inter-site analyses to investigate biological relatedness between individuals and sites, respectively. Such analyses contribute to understanding of the social organization of individuals within a single community; postmarital residence practices; kinship construction; extent of biological and, by proxy, cultural diversity; and region of origin. This information, in conjunction with archaeological and mortuary data, will be used to identify how early settlements developed and how individuals negotiated common community identities and formed social units. This research will further anthropological understanding of early urban development, population movement, social organization, and human reaction to diversity during the EBA.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

近东的早期青铜时代(EBA)以显著的社会政治和经济变化为特征。特别是，社会分层、城市化、广泛的区域内和区域间贸易网络以及人口流动和人口密集是这一时期的显著特征。虽然考古调查加强了对这些方面的了解，但生物考古调查通过利用人类遗骸来解决人口互动、社会组织和社区形成等问题，处于独特的地位。这项研究将调查人口密度、人口多样性和文化接触在早期城市化、移民和社区认同产生过程中的复杂交互作用。这类研究对人类对人口密度和多样性、城市和社区发展、移民和人口间相互作用的反应具有现代意义。美国和土耳其的几个机构将促进国际合作。该项目还将有助于对本科生进行生物考古和统计技能方面的培训，并鼓励代表性不足的群体参与生物人类学。这项研究的结果将通过发表在几个学术期刊、国际和国内讲座上共享，数据将在数字数据库ScholarWorks中共享。这项研究将使用位于安纳托利亚西南部的Karata-Semay(约公元前2800-230年)网站来研究EBA Anatolia的社区形成实践和人口统计过程。这一定居点展示了新兴的等级制度、邻里关系的形成、同质化的建筑和埋葬做法，以及参与东地中海区域间贸易网络的证据。利用在恒牙和乳牙上收集的牙齿测量和形态数据，这项研究将进行站点内和站点间的分析，分别调查个体和站点之间的生物关系。这种分析有助于了解个人在单一社区内的社会组织；婚后居住做法；亲属关系的构建；生物多样性和文化多样性的程度；以及原籍地区。这些信息与考古和停尸房数据一起，将被用来确定早期定居点是如何发展的，以及个人如何谈判共同的社区身份和形成社会单位。这项研究将进一步从人类学角度理解EBA期间的早期城市发展、人口流动、社会组织和人类对多样性的反应。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。