Dissertation Research: Analysis of Prehistoric Southwestern Ceramics

在E.查尔斯·亚当斯博士的指导下，帕特里克·莱昂斯先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将进行陶瓷分析，以重建亚利桑那州温斯洛地区的晚期史前社会组织，并确定其居民的原点。考古学家将注意力集中在温斯洛地区，因为存在着大量的霍皮人祖先村落，它们的规模，以及它们出现的相对突然性。在公元1260到1280年之间，在45到80年的中断之后，该地区显然被两个人殖民，每个人都建立了自己的村庄，并带有自己的陶瓷传统。在最初的接触之后，基于共享陶瓷的存在，互动似乎有所增加。由于在这种不可预测的沙漠环境中实现了相对较高的人口密度，而且由于群体形成了跨越严格限定的文化边界的融合机制，他们一直是考古学密切关注的对象。像温斯洛地区那样突如其来的明确表象并不常见。在这种情况下，不止一个群体参与，这一事实为研究一个明确界定的文化互动案例提供了机会。陶瓷在考古记录中通常保存完好和丰富，其制作和装饰方法都是由特定的文化规则决定的。莱昂斯将利用这一事实对温斯洛周围不同村庄的陶器进行比较，以确定所谓迁徙时的差异化程度，以及随后风格的融合程度。他将分析芝加哥菲尔德博物馆收藏的整个陶瓷器皿。他还将把这些材料与邻近地区稍早一些的材料进行比较，试图确定原点。他将与密苏里大学核反应堆合作，对陶片和潜在的粘土来源进行微量元素分析，以匹配原材料来源和成品，并重建村庄之间的互动程度。这项工作将使我们能够重建文化历史，并深入了解该区域的社会和政治组织。它还将帮助培养一位有前途的年轻科学家。*-v-+-+@+_？▓？哦？‘+’？▒0？$H L+，╗D h+R：\WWUSER\TEMPLATE\NORMAL.DOT

Under the direction of Dr. E. Charles Adams, Mr. Patrick Lyons will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will conduct a ceramic analysis to reconstruct late prehistoric social organization in the Winslow, Arizona region and to determine points of origin of its inhabitants. Archaeologists have focused attention in the Winslow area because of the large number of ancestral Hopi villages present, their size, and the relative suddenness with which they appeared. Between 1,260 and 1,280 AD, after a 45 to 80 year hiatus, the region was apparently colonized by two populations, each building its own villages and bearing its own ceramic tradition. After initial contact, interaction seems to have increased, based on the presence of shared ceramic wares. Because a relatively high population density was achieved in this unpredictable desertic environment, and because groups developed integrating mechanisms across tightly defined cultural boundaries, they have been the subject of intensive archaeological interest. Abrupt clear cut appearances such as that postulated for the Winslow area are uncommon. The fact that in this case more than one group was involved offers the opportunity to study a well defined case of cultural interaction. Ceramics are usually well preserved and abundant in the archaeological record, and both their method of manufacture and decoration are determined by culture specific rules. Mr. Lyons will take advantage of this fact to compare ceramics from different villages around Winslow to determine the extent of differentiation at the time of supposed migration and the subsequent degree of stylistic intermingling. He will analyze whole ceramic vessels housed at the Field Museum in Chicago. He will also compare these to slightly earlier materials from neighboring regions in an attempt to determine points of origin. In collaboration of the University of Missouri nuclear reactor, he will conduct a trace element analysis of both potsherds and potential clay sources to match raw material source with finished product and reconstruct the extent of interaction among villages. This work will allow both cultural historical reconstruction as well as insight into the social and political organization of the region. It will also assist in training a promising young scientist. * - À- v- +- ±@ + _ Ûª▓ ÑOh ª' +'ª▒0 Ý + Õ $ H l + ¢ ╗ D h + R:\WWUSER\TEMPLATE\NORMAL.DOT