北美南部土墩遗迹：密西西比河谷下游案例研究
Ancient Mounds of the American South: Case Studies from the Lower Mississippi Valley
主讲人：Vincas P. Steponaitis（美国北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校人类学系教授）
时间：2026年10月23日 09:00-11:00
地点：北京大学考古楼A座101室
主持：陈建立（北京大学考古文博学院教授）
讲座简介：
In pre-colonial times, the Lower Mississippi Valley was home to some of the most complex societies in eastern North America. One aspect of this complexity was the presence of monumental architecture, which took the form of earthen mounds. Using data from more than 50 years of survey and excavation the Natchez Bluffs region, I examine the relationships between regional population size and the scale of mound construction, and consider how both these factors changed through time. I then focus on the results of my multiple seasons of excavations at the Feltus Mound, which shed additional light on how these mounds were used. The appearance at this site of a large building on a mound summit, possibly an elite residence, correlates with some of the key changes in the settlement patterns discussed previously.
主讲人简介：
Vincas P. Steponaitis，美国北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校人类学系教授，洛伊希滕堡杰出荣休教授，是北美东南部考古领域的国际知名学者。他长期致力于北美东南部密西西比文化与林地文化土墩遗址研究，重点探讨复杂社会、酋邦政体的起源，依托陶器遗存、量化分析手段揭示古代社群结构、艺术风格与图像符号体系。
他在陶器考古研究领域贡献卓著，系统开展遗址产地溯源与年代学研究，推动了北美东南部史前复杂社会研究的发展。他主持费尔特斯土墩遗址发掘，并在芒德维尔大型酋邦中心开展长期研究，著述丰富，出版有Ceramics, Chronology, and Community Patterns: An Archaeological Study at Moundville、Archaeology of the Moundville Chiefdom、Rethinking Moundville and its Hinterland等重要学术专著。
