EMAP (1994) Archaeological Research on the Ladder Ranch

This document is a report on archaeological research conducted on the Ladder Ranch under the direction of Drs. Margaret Nelson and Michelle Hegmon. Emphasis is on the work conducted during the summer of 1994, though we also discuss analyses of 1993 materials done after the 1993 report was completed and plans for further technical analysis. This document serves as an interim report of our activities supported by the two-year (1994-1995) grant from the Turner Foundation. This report is structured similarly to the EMAP 1993 report. That is, it has been prepared for reading at various levels of detail. The introduction, which briefly describes the fieldwork and research findings, stands alone as a summary of the entire document. More detail is available in the seven sections that comprise the main body of the report. These include: Prehistory of the Ladder Ranch (p. 3), summary report on Las Animas Village (p. 7), Summary report on two Palomas sites (p. 10), The Dynamics of Change (p. 16), Testing Ideas about Change: Dating Change (p. 19) and Ceramic Analysis (p. 20), Conclusions (p. 21), Acknowledgements (p. 22).本报告是玛格丽特·纳尔逊（Margaret Nelson）博士与米歇尔·赫格蒙（Michelle Hegmon）博士主持下，针对拉德尔牧场（Ladder Ranch）开展的考古学研究成果报告。研究重点聚焦于1994年夏季的田野工作，同时也会探讨1993年报告完成后对1993年出土遗存所开展的分析工作，以及后续技术分析的相关计划。本报告为我们依托特纳基金会（Turner Foundation）1994-1995年度两年期资助所开展工作的中期进展报告。 本报告的结构与1993年EMAP报告（EMAP 1993 report）相仿，即可适配不同详略程度的阅读需求。引言部分简要介绍了田野工作与研究发现，可独立作为全文摘要；报告主体共包含七个章节，提供更为详尽的内容，具体包括：拉德尔牧场史前史（第3页）、拉斯阿尼马斯村（Las Animas Village）研究综述（第7页）、两处帕洛马斯遗址（Palomas sites）研究综述（第10页）、变迁动力学（第16页）、变迁相关假说的验证：变迁年代学（第19页）与陶瓷器分析（第20页）、结论（第21页）以及致谢（第22页）。