Dissertation Research: Prehistoric Ritual Technology: A Pueblo Case Study

在E博士的指导下，查尔斯亚当斯威廉步行者先生将 为他的博士论文收集资料。他将参加 挖掘一个大的或“大kiva”，这是一部分， Homol'ovi II遗址位于亚利桑那州东北部。的大小 基瓦角十一米。6米，使得它在西南部的规模 也与该遗址的其他仪式结构有关。在 在广泛的挖掘过程中，将在现场挖沟， 它分为四个象限，将被映射和挖掘，在他们的 全文花粉和浮选样品将从 特征和其他地点，以评估仪式使用的植物。 使用的时间顺序将通过陶瓷以及 树木年轮和放射性碳年代测定。除了陶瓷 材料，石器和磨石文物以及动物群和 将研究大型植物遗迹。这样， 其结构及其用途可以被重建。 在哥伦布之前的几个世纪里， 美国西南部。他们的特点是人口众多 建造多层“公寓”房屋， 仪式结构。考古学家想知道 社会得以发展和维持，因此， 关注这一西南现象。基于考古学和 和人种学证据，众所周知，宗教扮演了一个 在社会控制和融合中的核心作用。Just how it 功能和变化随着时间的推移，但是未知的。通过 步行者先生将研究这个大基瓦。 因为随着时间的推移， 其结构和用途可能被重建。 这个项目之所以重要，有几个原因。这将增加我们的 了解复杂社会是如何产生和维持的。 步行者还想开发新技术， 并解读基瓦斯和他的作品等建筑遗迹 应该树立一个榜样，可以适用于其他部分， 世界最后，该项目将协助培训一名 有前途的年轻科学家

Under the direction of Dr. E. Charles Adams Mr. William Walker will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will participate in the excavation of a large or "great kiva" which is part of the Homol'ovi II site located in northeastern Arizona. The size of the kiva, ca. 11 m. by 6 m., makes it large both in Southwestern terms and also in relation to other ritual structures at the site. In the course of extensive excavation the site will be trenched to divide it into four quadrants which will be mapped and excavated in their entirety. Pollen and flotation samples will be collected from features and other locations to assess the ritual use of plants. The chronology of use will be determined through ceramic as well as tree ring and radiocarbon dating. In addition to the ceramic materials, lithic and groundstone artifacts as well as faunal and macrobotanical remains will be studied. In this way the history of the structure and its use can be reconstructed. In the centuries preceding Columbus complex societies developed in the U.S. Southwest. They were characterized by large population aggregations, construction of multistory "apartment" houses and of ritual structures. Archaeologists want to understand how complex societies develop and are maintained and for this reason have focussed on this Southwest phenomenon. Based both on archaeological and ethnographic evidence, it is known that religion played a central role both in social control and integration. Just how it functioned and changed over time however is unknown. Through a study of this grand kiva Mr. Walker will address this issue. Because ritual features are added over time the history of the structure and its use can potentially be reconstructed. This project is important for several reasons. It will increase our understanding of how complex societies emerge and are maintained. Mr. Walker also wants to develop new techniques both to excavate and to interpret architectural remains such as kivas and his work should set an example which may be applied in other parts of the world. Finally, the project will assist in the training of a promising young scientist.