Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Migration Agency and Social Change during the Early Horizon in Nasca, Peru

在Katharina Schreiber博士的指导下，Hendrik货车Gijseghem先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。 他将在秘鲁南海岸纳斯卡流域的拉蓬蒂利亚遗址进行考古发掘。这个网站，日期到早期地平线的后期（ca。公元前400年-公元1年），可能是已知最早的定居农业者永久占领纳斯卡排水系统的一部分。 这是一个占地2.5公顷的村庄，由一系列陡峭的露台上排列的小型亚矩形房间组成，俯瞰Aja河。遗址中大量的陶瓷材料表明，这里的居民可能来自更北的伊卡山谷。当地的发展和贸易不能解释这种材料的存在，因为该地区没有早期的定居点。拉蓬蒂利亚遗址与其他类似遗址沿着，具有重要的历史意义和理论意义。它为我们提供了一个明确的考古案例后迁移重组，将揭示在史前迁移的动态以及之间的难以捉摸的关系帕拉卡斯（伊卡山谷捐助者）文化和著名的纳斯卡社会。考古学家已经确定了史前时期的迁徙，但直到最近才详细阐述了它们的理论意义。这项工作有助于通过研究移民对新形成社区的社会动态的潜在影响来确定考古学对社会科学中移民文献的贡献。货车Gijseghem先生认为，移徙可以为个人提供机会，通过创造性地操纵现有的社会框架，维持或改善其社会地位。人类学文献确实表明，这是人口流动的常见结果，因为权威、财富和权力的模式可能会在新的社会和自然环境中重新评估。这些创新的性质和效果取决于移民的身份和意图。因此，定居社会中的移徙是文化和社会变革的基本媒介。货车Gijseghem先生希望通过对La Puntilla的家庭进行比较分析，认识到移民后重组的考古相关性。 他认为，带有传统帕拉卡斯符号的陶瓷容器的生产、分配和使用模式与家乡同时代的社区不同。此外，传统的符号可能被改变，并在不同的整体情况下使用，而新的大炮被创建和修改的模式的财富和权力emerging.This研究代表了第一个明确的尝试，以产生一个考古测试模型的迁移及其对社会组织的影响之一。它还将帮助记录秘鲁南部海岸的帕拉卡斯和纳斯卡社会之间的过渡，并将协助培训一名有前途的年轻科学家。

Under the direction of Dr. Katharina Schreiber, Mr. Hendrik Van Gijseghem will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will undertake archaeological excavations at the site of La Puntilla in the Nasca drainage of the South Coast of Peru. This site, dated to the latter part of the Early Horizon (ca. 400 B.C - 1 AD), is part of what may be the earliest known permanent occupation of the Nasca drainage by sedentary agriculturalists. It is a 2.5 hectare village composed of small subrectangular rooms aligned on a series of steep terraces overlooking the Aja river. An abundance of ceramic material at the site indicates that its inhabitants probably came from further north in the Ica valley. Local development and trade cannot explain the presence of this material due to the absence of earlier settlements in the region. La Puntilla, along with similar sites, is significant both historically and theoretically. It provides us with a clear archaeological case of post-migratory reorganization that will shed light on the dynamics of migration in prehistory as well as on the elusive relationship between the Paracas (Ica Valley donor) culture and the celebrated Nasca society. Archaeologists have identified migrations in prehistory, but have only recently elaborated on their theoretical significance. This work helps define archaeology's contribution to migration literature in the social sciences by examining migration's potential effects on the social dynamics of newly-formed communities. Mr. Van Gijseghem considers that migration may provide opportunities for individuals to maintain or better their social status through the creative manipulation of existing social frameworks. Anthropological literature does suggest that this is a frequent outcome of population movements because patterns of authority, wealth and power are likely to be reevaluated in a new social and physical environment. The nature and effects of these innovations hinge upon the identity and intention of the migrants. Thus, migrations in sedentary societies represent a fundamental vector of cultural and social change. Mr. Van Gijseghem expects to recognize the archaeological correlates of the post-migration reorganization through a comparative analysis of households at La Puntilla. He theorizes that patterns of production, distribution and use of ceramic vessels bearing traditional Paracas symbols diverged from those of contemporaneous communities in the homeland. Also, the traditional symbols were likely altered and used in different overall contexts, while new canons were created and modified patterns of wealth and power emerged.This research represents one of the first explicit attempts to produce an archaeological test of models about migrations and their effects on social organization. It will also help document the transition between Paracas and Nasca societies of the Peruvian south coast and will assist in training a promising young scientist.