Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Households and Capital Networks in the Moche Valley, Peru

在Brian Billman博士的指导下，Evan Surbridge将挖掘和分析位于秘鲁北部Moche山谷的Ciudad de Dios和Quebrada del Leon的Moche时期遗址的民居遗迹。这些乡村遗址位于该地区两个最重要的城市中心的腹地，处于莫切中后期(约公元400-700)。萨里奇的研究将分析陶器和石器残留物，以检验农村家庭从城市中心获得大规模生产商品的不同机会如何造成经济差异和不平等。秘鲁北部沿海被广泛认为是政治集中化和城市化的重要人类学案例，但令人惊讶的是，人们对该地区占多数的农村在这些过程中所扮演的角色知之甚少。该项目通过审查中央生产资料在家庭和社区经济中的使用情况，实现了莫什阶段的城市-腹地一体化。萨里奇先生将对6至8个农村家庭的收藏品进行小规模挖掘和分析。使用建筑和陶器收藏品作为财富的替代衡量标准，该项目将确定家庭之间是否存在财富差距，如果存在，这些不平等是否与获得大规模生产的仪式用品有关。为了了解家庭经济的差异，该项目还将对家庭农业、食品加工和服务以及手工艺生产中使用的陶瓷和石材工具材料进行彻底分析。最终，萨里奇将寻求将获得仪式用品的社会和文化资本与独特的经济做法联系起来。通过这种方式，这项研究将研究新兴中央集权政体的政治和宗教象征如何影响参与人口的经济关系和活动。该项目的更广泛影响包括社区参与、教育和专业学术的好处。通过与Moche Inc.的合作，萨里奇将在莫契谷的Ciudad de Dios和Quirihuac Viejo社区提供一系列公共和学校演讲。这些介绍将与501c3非营利性组织Moche Inc.的遗产保护工作一起进行，并将努力使当地利益攸关方能够了解考古遗迹的经济和教育潜力。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校和秘鲁的本科生也将有机会在挖掘和实验室阶段担任志愿者和助理，在那里他们将接受实地和实验室方法的培训。这项研究将为萨里奇先生在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的论文提供数据，并为秘鲁和国际研究生的研究收集资料。项目成果将通过英文和西班牙文的出版物和专业介绍与学术受众分享，包括向同行评议的期刊提交报告，并将所产生的论文作为专著发表。

Under the direction of Dr. Brian Billman, Evan Surridge will excavate and analyze the remains of residential dwellings at the Moche period sites of Ciudad de Dios and Quebrada del Leon which are located in the Moche Valley, northern Peru. These are rural sites located in the hinterlands of two of the region's most important urban centers during the Middle to Late Moche phases (~AD 400-700). Mr. Surridge's research will analyze ceramic and stone tool remains to examine how rural households' differential access to mass-produced goods from urban centers may have structured economic difference and inequality.The northern Peruvian coast is widely acknowledged as an important anthropological case study in political centralization and urbanization, but surprisingly little is known about the role of the region's large rural majority in these processes. This project approaches Moche phase urban-hinterland integration by examining how centrally-produced goods were used in household and community economies. Mr. Surridge will conduct small scale excavations and analyses of collections from six to eight rural households. Using architecture and pottery collections as proxy measures of wealth, the project will determine if wealth differences between households existed, and if so, whether these inequalities were correlated with access to mass-produced ritual goods. In order to understand variation in household economies, the project will also undertake a thorough analysis of the ceramic and stone tool materials used in household agriculture, food processing and serving, and craft production. Ultimately, Mr. Surridge will seek to correlate access to the social and cultural capital of ritual goods with unique economic practices. In this way, the research will examine how the political and religious symbolism of an emerging centralized polity affected the economic relationships and activities of participating populations.The broader impacts of the project include benefits for community involvement, education, and professional scholarship. Through a partnership with MOCHE Inc., Mr. Surridge will offer a series of public and school presentations in the Moche Valley communities of Ciudad de Dios and Quirihuac Viejo. These presentations will be conducted in tandem with the heritage preservation work of the 501c3 non-profit organization MOCHE Inc., and will seek to make the economic and educational potential of archaeological remains accessible to local stakeholders. Educational opportunities will also be available for undergraduate students from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Peru to work as volunteers and assistants in the excavation and laboratory phases, where they will be trained in field and laboratory methods. The research will provide data for Mr. Surridge's dissertation at UNC-Chapel Hill, and also generate collections for research by Peruvian and international graduate students. The project results will be shared with a scholarly audience through publications and professional presentations in English and Spanish, including submissions to peer-reviewed journals and publication of the resulting dissertation as a monograph.