Regional Organization of Chiefdoms in the Alto Magdalena, Colombia

9412141 Drennan在国家科学基金会的支持下，Robert Drennan博士和他的同事将在哥伦比亚的Alto Magdalena地区进行四季的考古勘察和挖掘。这个地区长期以来一直吸引着考古学家的注意，因为它有引人注目的石头雕像和精心制作的墓地。在NSF以前的支持下，Drennan博士记录了马格达莱纳阿尔托山脉一部分的理解裔居民的地区社会、政治和经济组织的各个方面。结果表明，大约从公元1年开始，出现了小规模的地区性酋长。德雷南博士现在将扩大他的工作，将马格达莱纳山的更大部分包括在内。他将首先与他的同事一起进行一次广泛的区域调查。在调查结果的基础上，将对几个地方进行更详细的检查，并进行精选挖掘。考古学家观察到，在世界许多地方，简单的农业社会转变为更复杂的实体，纳入了大量的人，并表现出明显的社会分层。在早期阶段，这样的实体被称为“酋长王国”，考古学家希望了解导致它们崛起的过程。在这方面，阿尔托·马格达莱纳地区是不同寻常的，因为地位差异在出现时似乎并没有伴随着个人财富的巨大差异。通常情况下，情况恰恰相反。通过扩大报道范围，德里南博士和他的同事们希望更详细地了解这一过程。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供许多考古学家感兴趣的数据。它将为复杂社会的出现提供新的线索，并有助于研究生的培养。

9412141 Drennan With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Robert Drennan and his colleagues will conduct four seasons of archaeological reconnaissance and excavation in the Alto Magdalena region of Colombia. This area has long attracted the attention of archaeologists because of its striking stone statuary and elaborate burial mounds. With previous NSF support, Dr. Drennan has documented aspects of the regional social, political and economic organization of the prehispanic inhabitants of one part of the Alto Magdalena. The results indicate the emergence of small scale regional chiefdoms beginning about 1 A.D. Dr. Drennan will now expand his work to include a larger portion of the Alto Magdalena. In conjunction with his colleagues, he will first conduct a broad scale regional survey. On the basis of the results, several localities will be examined in more detail and select excavations will be carried out. Archaeologists have observed that in many parts of the world simple agricultural societies were transformed into more complex entities which incorporated large numbers of people and exhibited clear cut social stratification. In the earlier stages such entities are termed "chiefdoms" and archaeologists wish to understand the processes which led to their rise. The Alto Magdalena region is unusual in this regard because it appears that status differentiation, when it emerged, was not accompanied by great variations in individual wealth. Usually the opposite is true. Through his expansion in areal coverage Dr. Drennan and his colleagues wish to understand the process in more detail. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists. It will shed new light on the emergence of complex societies and assist in the training of graduate students.