Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: Material Culture as a Reflection of Cultural Interaction

当人们搬到一个新地区时，他们会形成新的关系，这些关系反映在他们制作的物品上。这些关系可能会因一个人是本地人还是新来者而有所不同。了解人们如何以及为什么改变他们做事的方式是很重要的，因为快速和大规模的移民目前正在全球范围内发生。考古学支持研究物质在当地与新来者互动中的作用。这项研究将通过观察移民、当地和由此产生的多元文化社区的物质变化来阐明相互作用。该研究问道：“当地居民和新移民在新的生活环境中如何改变或保持他们的习惯？”了解不同群体的人对搬家或搬迁的反应是值得的，因为人们所做的和所做的决定了他们的身份，并影响了他们建立新关系的机会。这项研究特别关注陶工群体和陶工在搬迁后形成的关系。当陶工与他们的社区一起搬迁时，他们可能会与他们在新住所遇到的陶工分开工作。他们可能会采用某些当地的设计风格。或者他们可以开始与当地的陶工合作，分享和融合实践。这项考古研究着眼于在这样一个社区生活和工作的陶工。研究人员将根据那些最保守、与学习环境最密切相关、在成品陶瓷中最不显眼的陶艺实践的证据来确定陶艺社区。陶工可以通过观察一个罐子来复制一个画好的图案，但他们要面对面地学习如何制作一个罐子，如何混合粘土配方，或者如何制作一批容器。模仿暗示着间接的、象征性的互动，而一起工作和学习则更加亲密。资料收集方法包括研究彩绘装饰设计、岩石学和x射线摄影。这项研究将利用这些数据来重建生产过程，并确定新来者和当地人是单独工作还是一起工作。本研究依赖并将适当地信任后代奖学金，包括出版的作品，艺术家的声明和采访。联合项目将雇佣并培训一名来自少数族裔的学生。ppi将与部落历史保护办公室和公众分享结果。该项目将以面向社区成员的研讨会结束，这是一种有效的方式，可以传播成果，并在跨学科和后代社区之间建立桥梁。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

When people move to a new area, they form new relationships that are reflected in the objects they make. These relationships may differ depending on whether one is a local or newcomer. Understanding how and why people change the way they do things is important because rapid and largescale migrations are currently occurring across the globe. Archaeology supports the study of the role of material things in local-newcomer interactions. This research will shed light on interaction by looking at material changes in migrant, local, and resultant multicultural communities. The study asks, “How do local residents and new arrivals change or maintain their practices in a new living situation?” It is worthwhile to know how different groups of people react to a move or relocation because what people do and make defines their identity and affects their opportunities for new relationships. This study specifically concerns potting communities and the relationships that form among potters following a move. When potters move with their community, they may work separately from the potters they encounter in their new residence. They may adopt certain local design styles. Or they may begin working with local potters, sharing and merging practices. This archaeological research looks at potters living and working in such a community. Researchers will identify communities of potters based on evidence of those potting practices that are most conservative, most closely tied to the learning environment, and least visible in the finished ceramic product. While potters can copy a painted design by looking at a pot, they learn face-to-face how to form a pot, mix a clay recipe, or fire a batch of vessels. Copying suggests indirect, symbolic interaction, whereas working and learning together is more intimate. Data collection methods include the study of painted decorative designs as well as petrography and X-radiography. The research will use these data to reconstruct production processes and determine whether newcomers and locals worked separately or together. This research relies on and will properly credit descendant scholarship, including published works, artists’ statements, and interviews. The co-PI will hire and train a student from an underrepresented minority group. The PIs will share the results with Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and the public. The project will culminate with a workshop geared toward community members—a productive way to disseminate results and build bridges across disciplines and with descendant communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.