ANCIENT MAYA MARKETS AND THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF CARACOL, BELIZE
ANCIENT MAYA MARKETS AND THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF CARACOL, BELIZE
复制标题
古代玛雅市场和伯利兹卡拉科尔的经济一体化
作者：
Diane Z. Chase;Arlen F. Chase
摘要由于采样、保存和解释偏差等一系列原因，古代玛雅的古典时期的社会和经济制度的建模已被证明是困难的。随着更多的考古研究的进行，关于古典时期玛雅(公元D。250-900)已经变得越来越复杂。由于玛雅艺术和象形文字文本都不包含有关古代经济制度的大量信息，一些考古学家倾向于淡化古代经济在重建古典时期玛雅文明方面的影响。然而，伯利兹卡拉科尔的考古研究发现了作为该遗址经济基础设施支柱的道路系统、市场和生产区的证据。当与人工制品分布相结合时，这些数据表明，存在一个基于剩余家庭生产和精英管理市场分配的经济。来自卡拉科尔的考古数据不仅阐明了市场是如何嵌入玛雅景观中的，而且还阐明了它们是如何被用来整合遗址的。
Abstract Modeling Classic period social and economic systems of the ancient Maya has proven difficult for a number of reasons, including sampling, preservation, and interpretational biases. As more archaeological research has been undertaken, views about the Classic period Maya (a.d. 250–900) have become progressively more complex. Because neither Maya art nor hieroglyphic texts contain substantial information on ancient economic systems, some archaeologists have tended to deemphasize the impact of ancient economies in reconstructions of the Classic period Maya civilization. Archaeological research at Caracol, Belize, however, has recovered evidence of the road systems, marketplaces, and production areas that served as the backbone of the site's economic infrastructure. When combined with artifact distributions, these data demonstrate the existence of an economy based on surplus household production with distribution in elite-administered markets. The archaeological data from Caracol not only elucidate how marketplaces were embedded in the Maya landscape, but also how they were used to integrate the site.