Dissertation Research: Mobility and Farmers: Adaptive Diversity in the American Southwest

在E博士的指导下，查尔斯亚当斯，丽莎杨女士将 分析了两个考古遗址的材料， Homolovi Ruins State Park，靠近亚利桑那州的温斯洛。 这些将 为她的博士论文提供基础。 网站A 标记为HP-36的pithouse村庄和附近的Pueblo Homolovi II， 在CA之间的时间跨度。公元700年-公元1350年， 美国原住民定居生活方式的发展 美国西南部。 分析将在 在遗址发现了丰富的动植物遗骸。 详细研究相关的岩石组合， 深入了解石器的使用情况。 这些数据综合起来， 将允许杨女士确定在此期间， 向定居生活方式的转变。 在西南部工作的考古学家一直认为， 建造半地下住宅， 劳动力的参与，表明久坐的生活方式，并已使用 这些住宅作为农业模式的指标， 这是文化复杂性增加的标志。 最近， 然而，其他考古学家认为， 这种情况下，这些房屋的建造者可能仍然遵循狩猎 生活的方式。 通过对石器的检验， 动物群和植物的残骸杨女士会直接评估 假说. 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。 将加大 我们对复杂社会的理解 出现。 它也将有助于分析的发展。 这些技术可以应用于许多地区的各种场所， 世界各地。 该项目将增加我们对 美洲原住民史前史，并协助培训 一位非常有前途的年轻科学家

Under the direction of Dr. E. Charles Adams, Ms. Lisa Young will analyze materials from two archaeological sites located within Homolovi Ruins State Park, near Winslow, Arizona. These will provide the basis for her doctoral dissertation. The sites, a pithouse village labeled HP-36 and a nearby pueblo Homolovi II, span the period between ca. 700 A.D. - 1350 A.D. and document the development of a Native American settled way of life in the southwestern United States. Analyses will be conducted on the abundant faunal and floral remains recovered from the sites. Detailed examination of the associated lithic assemblages will provide insight into stone tool use. The data, taken together, will allow Ms. Young to determine when within this period the shift to a settled lifestyle occurred. Archaeologists working in the Southwest have long believed that the construction of semi-underground dwellings, given the amount of labor involved, indicate a sedentary way of life and have used such dwellings as an indicator of an agricultural mode of subsistence and sign of increased cultural complexity. Recently, however, other archaeologists have suggested that such is not the case and the builders of such houses may still follow a hunting and gathering way of life. Through examination of lithic, faunal, and floral remains Ms. Young will directly evaluate this hypothesis. This research is important for several reasons. It will increase our understanding of how complex societies such as our own emerge. It will also aid in the development of analytic techniques which can be applied to a variety of sites in many parts of the world. The project will increase our understanding of Native American prehistory and also assist in the training of an extremely promising young scientist.