Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Cultural Development And Divergence In The Maritime Northeast

在凯文·麦克布莱德博士的指导下，马丁·赫里尼克将在位于缅因州加莱的魔头遗址进行挖掘。这项研究之所以有意义，有两个基本原因。首先，它提供了对美国史前一个鲜为人知的方面的洞察。其次，这项工作具有重要的方法论意义。虽然考古的一个中心目标是重建过去人类存在的尽可能多的方面，但人们受到考古记录的非常有限的性质的限制，这些记录主要由废弃的废物和它们之间的空间关系组成。通过对魔头遗址的分析并与已经出土的同类遗址进行比较，赫里尼克将探索增加可提取信息量的方法。魔头是位于西部考迪地区圣克罗伊河口的一个侵蚀贝壳遗址。该遗址包括可追溯到海上林地中期(2200-1350 BP)和晚期(1350-550 BP)的组件。从海上林地中期到晚期的过渡尚不清楚，但可能以种族分化和越来越多的狩猎-采集聚居制为标志。到目前为止，对这一转变的研究主要集中在经济学和场地结构上。为了实现这一转变，赫里尼克将挖掘和分析魔鬼头遗址的住宅特征，以形成一个与新斯科舍省若利港的时间和环境相似的数据集的对比。目前还不存在从海上半岛的两个部分对住宅特征进行如此高分辨率的查看。这两个遗址都在瓦巴纳基的家园内，在伍德兰中后期，那里是阿尔冈昆狩猎-采集者密切相关群体的家园。这提供了一个独特的机会，在考虑种族差异的同时，也可以考虑不断变化的流动做法。该计划的更广泛影响将通过与当地利益攸关方的合作来开发，其中包括帕萨马奥迪部落和加莱市。该项目将包括针对年轻人的教育计划和一个公共考古计划，以建设该地区未来公共考古项目的能力。魔鬼头遗址的侵蚀性质提供了与气候变化有关的海平面上升的相关记录，为教育活动提供了特别的价值。该项目的研究成果将在公共和专业出版物和会议上传播，包括在西部科迪地区举办的一系列公开讲座。

Under the guidance of Dr. Kevin McBride, Martin Hrynick will conduct excavations at the Devil's Head site located in Calais, Maine. The research has significance for two basic reasons. The first is that it provides insight into a poorly known aspect of US prehistory. Secondly the work has important methodological implications. While a central archaeological goal is to reconstruct as many aspects as possible of past human existence, one is constrained by the very limited nature of the archaeological record which consists largely of discarded waste materials and the spatial relationships among them. Through an analysis of the Devil's Head site and comparison with an already excavated counterpart Mr. Hrynick will explore ways to increase the amount of information which can be extracted.Devil's Head is an eroding shell-bearing site located on the St. Croix Estuary of the Western Quoddy Region. The site includes components dating to the Middle (2200-1350 BP) and Late (1350-550 BP) Maritime Woodland periods. The transition from the Middle to Late Maritime Woodland period is not well understood, but may be marked by ethnic divergence and increasing hunter-gatherer sedentism. To date, studies of this transition have focused on economics and site structure. To approach this transition, Mr. Hrynick will excavate and analyze dwelling features at the Devil's Head site to form a comparative to a temporally and environmentally similar dataset from Port Joli Harbour, Nova Scotia. No such high-resolution view of dwelling features from two parts of the Maritime Peninsula presently exists. Both sites are within the Wabanaki homeland, which was, during the Middle and Late Woodland period, home to closely related groups of Algonquian hunter-gatherers. This offers a singular opportunity to consider ethnic divergence alongside changing mobility practices. Broader impacts of this program will be developed via collaboration with local stakeholders, including the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the City of Calais. The project will include educational programs for youth and a public archaeology program to build capacity for future public archaeological projects in the region. The eroding nature of the Devil's Head site offers a relatable record of rising sea-level related to climate change, offering particular value for educational initiatives. Research from this project will be disseminated in both public and professional publications and conferences, including a series of public lectures in the Western Quoddy Region.