Dissertation Research: A Dynamic View of Paleoindian Assemblages at the Hell Gap Site, Wyoming: Reconstructing Lithic Technological Systems

小行星9317353 在大卫梅尔策博士的指导下，弗雷德里克·塞莱先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将分析从怀俄明州地狱峡遗址收集的石器材料。30多年前发现的这个遗址对于了解美国西部的早期史前史至关重要，因为它包含保存完好的动物群和石器遗迹，这些遗迹大约跨越了新世界已知人类占领的记录长度的一半。该遗址为文化和石器类型的定义提供了重要的投入。由于地狱峡位于靠近石源区，组合是特别丰富的石器和制造副产品。不幸的是，由于两名主要挖掘机的过早死亡，这些材料没有得到适当的分析和公布。Sellet先生将通过他对一类重要数据的研究来帮助解决这个问题：石质材料。他将研究这两种原材料本身，试图确定石材的利用率，并研究工具是如何制造的。总之，这些数据将提供洞察古印第安人的流动性和生存策略，以及这些如何随着时间的推移而变化。 石器作为文化标记，通常可以区分一个群体或一个时期。传统上，考古学家在研究石器材料时就有这样的目标。然而，近年来，人们认识到，还可以处理其他信息，如人们如何在景观上移动，他们如何安排活动，以及他们是否策划材料或采用权宜技术。综合这些信息，可以深入了解文化适应。虽然在欧洲，实现这些目标的技术已经发展得很好，但在美国却很少应用。Sellet先生的研究将提供有关地狱峡遗址的信息，并可能成为新世界考古学家的方法指南。 该项目也很重要，因为它将为许多考古学家提供有价值的数据，并增加对美国史前史的了解。它将有助于培养一名有前途的年轻科学家。 ***

9317353 Meltzer Under the direction of Dr. David Meltzer, Mr. Frederick Sellet will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will analyze lithic material collected from the site of Hell Gap Wyoming. Discovered over 30 years ago this site is crucial for understanding the early prehistory of the Western United States because it contains well preserved faunal and lithic remains which span approximately half the recorded length of known human occupation in the New World. The site has provided an important input into the definition of cultures and lithic types. Because Hell Gap is located in close proximity to stone source areas, the assemblage is particularly rich in stone tools and manufacturing byproducts. Unfortunately because of the untimely deaths of the two main excavators the materials have not been properly analyzed and published. Mr. Sellet will help to remedy this problem through his work on one important class of data: the lithic materials. He will study both the raw materials themselves in an attempt to determine stone utilization and examine how tools were manufactured. Taken together, these data will provide insight into Paleoindian mobility and subsistence strategies and how these changed over time. Stone tools serve as cultural markers and can often differentiate one group or time period from another. Traditionally archaeologists have examined lithic materials with such goals in mind. In recent years however it has been recognized that additional information such as how people move over the landscape, how they schedule their activities and whether they curate materials or practice an expedient technology could also be addressed. Taken together such information provides insight into cultural adaptation. While techniques to address such goals are now well developed in Europe, they have been little applied in the United States. Mr. Sellet's research will both provide information about the Hell Gap site and potentially serve as a methodological g uide for New World archaeologists. The project is also important because it will provide valuable data of interest to many archaeologists and increase understanding of U.S. prehistory. It will assist in the training of a promising young scientist. ***