Dissertation Research: Archaeology and Ethnohistory in Yucatan

论文研究：尤卡坦半岛的考古学和民族史

• 批准号: 8813858
• 负责人: Robert Santley
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-11-15 至 1990-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8813858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Archaeology; Ethnohistory; Yucatan

To complete her doctoral dissertation research Ms. Rani Alexander, under the direction of Dr. Robert Santley, will conduct archaeological and ethnohistoric research in the region of Yaxuna, Yucatan, Mexico. She will focus on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries A.D., the period during which the local rural economy of this region became increasingly incorporated into the broader Spanish colonial economy. Through examination of abundant documentary resources she will be able to trace this process in some detail. Excavation of several sites will allow on-the-ground reconstruction of patterns of consumption, settlement and houselot organization. Comparison of these two bodies of data will then permit elucidation of the material correlates of economic change. While archaeologists who study the development of complex societies have long been interested in the mechanisms through which such entities expand, their focus has been on core or central areas to the detriment of outlying regions. In fact methodologies to determine how such areas were economically changed have not been developed. Robust techniques do not exist to ask such questions of archaeological data. Because documentary evidence in the Yaxuna region is excellent and recent development has not obscured most archaeological sites, this part of Yucatan provides an excellent controlled context to conduct such research. This research is important not only for the light it will shed on Mexican history but also for the analytic techniques which will be developed. These should be useful to archaeologists in many parts of the world. Because Ms. Alexander will employ and help train a Mexican field assistant, she will make a direct contribution to developing the archaeological infrastructure in Mexico.

为了完成她的博士论文研究，Rani Alexander女士将在罗伯特·桑特利博士的指导下，在墨西哥尤卡坦的亚克苏纳地区进行考古和民族历史研究。她将重点讲述公元17世纪和18世纪，在此期间，该地区的当地农村经济越来越多地融入更广泛的西班牙殖民经济。通过查阅丰富的文献资源，她将能够更详细地追踪这一过程。几处遗址的挖掘将使人们能够在当地重建消费、居住和房屋管理的模式。对这两组数据的比较将有助于阐明经济变化的实质性关联。虽然研究复杂社会发展的考古学家长期以来一直对这类实体扩张的机制感兴趣，但他们的重点一直是核心或中心地区，而不是边远地区。事实上，还没有制定出确定这些地区的经济变化方式的方法。目前还没有可靠的技术来对考古数据提出这样的问题。由于亚克苏纳地区的文献证据很好，而且最近的发展并没有掩盖大多数考古遗址，因此尤卡坦地区的这一部分为进行此类研究提供了良好的受控环境。这项研究不仅对揭示墨西哥历史具有重要意义，而且对即将发展的分析技术也具有重要意义。这些应该会对世界许多地区的考古学家有用。因为亚历山大将雇佣并帮助培训一名墨西哥野外助理，她将为墨西哥考古基础设施的发展做出直接贡献。