The Origin and Spread of Glaze-Painted Pottery as Seen from Tijeras Pueblo, NM

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助的。在国家科学基金会的支持下，Habicht Mauche博士和她的多机构研究团队将从Tijera Pueblo遗址的角度，利用标准考古和创新材料科学技术，研究新墨西哥州里奥格兰德山谷釉彩陶器的早期开发、生产和交换。在格兰德河谷东部普韦布洛斯人接触前的晚期(公元1275-1400年)，人口、聚落结构、家庭和仪式建筑以及装饰陶瓷都发生了巨大的变化。这些实质性的变化被解释为大规模移徙、新的和更复杂的社会身份的出现、采用新的宗教习俗以及发展更有条理的地方和区域政治经济的证据。与这些工艺相关的是东部普韦布洛人对釉彩陶器的专业化生产、广泛交流和仪式化使用。因此，了解釉彩技术的起源和传播，对于理解与移民、社区重组和身份形成有关的问题，在美国西南部这一非常活跃的时期具有重要意义。蒂耶拉斯·普韦布洛位于现代城市阿尔伯克基的正东，是调查格兰德河釉器传统早期发展和传播的绝佳地点。考古证据表明，当地农民，以及可能来自西部普韦布洛地区的移民，在13世纪最后十年的某个时候开始在该遗址聚集。该遗址产生了已知的与里奥格兰德釉瓷器(公元1313年)有关的最早的树轮日期。重要的是，从1948年开始，该遗址也进行了几次系统的、有充分记录的发掘，再一次是在1968-69年，最后是1971-76年。陶瓷收藏品，以及现场记录和文献，存放在圣达菲的人类学实验室/新墨西哥博物馆和阿尔伯克基的新墨西哥大学的麦克斯韦尔博物馆。研究人员将利用各种创新的分析技术，包括陶瓷岩相学、中子活化分析和铅同位素分析，来表征Tijera Pueblo现有的陶瓷收藏品，从而追踪技术、原材料和成品在地区社会和经济网络中的流通。反过来，他们将探讨这些网络如何促进移徙，并成为东普韦布洛社区和特性的社会再生产和转变的场所。同时，该项目还将为研究迁徙和技术与社会之间的关系做出更广泛的智力贡献。蒂耶拉斯·普韦布洛位于国家林业局财产上，并被列入国家历史名胜名录。它目前有一条自导解说小径，正在为现场游客建造一个新的解说中心。Habicht Mauche博士正在与国家森林考古学家和当地志愿者密切合作，以确保她的研究结果直接用于现场的解释工作。通过聘请本科生和研究生担任研究助理，该项目促进了研究和教学的融合。

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Habicht Mauche and her multi-institutional research team will examine the early development, production and exchange of glaze-painted pottery in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, from the perspective of the site of Tijeras Pueblo, using a mix of standard archaeological and innovative material science techniques. The Late Precontact Period (A.D. 1275-1400) among the Eastern Pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley was characterized by dramatic changes in demography, settlement structure, domestic and ritual architecture, and decorated ceramics. These material changes are interpreted as evidence for massive migration, the emergence of new and more complex social identities, the adoption of new religious practices, and the development of more structured local and regional political economies. Associated with these processes are the specialized production, widespread exchange and ritualized use of glaze-painted pottery among the Eastern Pueblos. An understanding of the origin and spread of glaze-paint technology, thus, has implications for understanding issues related to migration, community reorganization, and identity formation during this very dynamic period in the American Southwest.Tijeras Pueblo, located directly east of the modern city of Albuquerque, is an excellent place from which to launch an investigation of the early development and spread of the Rio Grande glaze ware tradition. Archaeological evidence suggests that local farmers, as well as possible immigrants from the Western Pueblo area, began to aggregate at the site sometime during the last decade of the thirteenth century. The site has yielded the earliest known tree-ring dates associated with Rio Grande Glaze Ware (A.D. 1313). Importantly, the site also has been the subject of several systematic and well-documented excavations, beginning in 1948, again in 1968-69, and finally between 1971-76. Ceramic collections, with site records and documentation, are housed at the Laboratory of Anthropology/Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe and the Maxwell Museum at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The researchers will utilize a variety of innovative analytical techniques, including ceramic petrography, neutron activation analysis, and lead isotope analysis, to characterize existing ceramic collections from Tijeras Pueblo and, thus, to trace the circulation of techniques, raw materials, and finished objects through regional social and economic networks. In turn, they will explore how these networks facilitated migration and acted as arenas for the social reproduction and transformation of community and identity among the Eastern Pueblos. At the same time, this project will also make broader intellectual contributions to studies of migration and the relationship between technology and society.Tijeras Pueblo is located on National Forest Service property and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It currently has a self-guided interpretive trail and a new interpretive center is being constructed for visitors at the site. Dr. Habicht Mauche is working closely with National Forest archaeologists and local volunteers to assure that the results of her research feed directly into interpretive efforts at the site. By engaging undergraduate and graduate students as research assistants, this project promotes the integration of research and teaching.