Project Details
Description
Theproposedprojectwillusearecentlydevelopeddataintegrationtooltoaddressregionalscale anthropologicalresearchquestionsatadepthandbreadththathavenotthusfarbeenpossibleusing zooarchaeologicaldata.Althoughinthepastresearchershaveundertakensyntheticanalysesatregional orsubregionalscales,thesehavebeenlimitedbywhatisavailableinthepublishedliterature.For examplezooarchaeologistsroutinelycollectdatarelevanttotaphonomicprocesses,butthesedata generallyarenotreadilyaccessibleorareonlyreportedinasummaryfashion.Analysisataregional scaleshouldevaluatecomparabilityofzooarchaeologicaldataondifferentdimensionstobecertainthat thepatternsweidentifyarenotduetobiases,andtorevealpatterningthatwedidnothavetheability todetect.ItisnowpossibletodothisandinanefficientmannerduetothedevelopmentoftDAR (www.tdar.org),whichprovidesonlineaccesstolargenumbersofdatasetsandananalyticaltoolthat canaccommodatevariablesthatarenottypicallyanalyzedorpublished. TheregionalcontextinwhichwewilladdressthisissueissouthwesternU.S.InthesouthwesternU.S. althoughtherehavebeenanumberofsubregionalsyntheses(Hohokam,EMAP,MV,Chaco,etc.),we haveyettoaccomplisharegionalscalesynthesisthataddressesthisdynamicrelationship.Current understandingoftrendsinfaunalresourceavailabilityandusesuggestthatresourcedepression occurredinthecontextofaggregated,longtermoccupationofsouthwesternlandscapes,andthat intensificationintheraisingofdomesticturkeymayhavebeenoneresponsetoresourcedepression. Theproposedprojectwillevaluatetheempiricalbasisoftheseinterpretationsandseekamorefine grainedunderstandingoflongterm,socioenvironmentalinteractioninthisregion.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 5/1/12 → 4/30/15 |
Funding
- NSF-ENG: Division of Biological & Critical Systems (BCS): $156,465.00