Shell Ornament Production in Ejutla

在NSF的支持下，Feinman博士进行了考古调查， 位于墨西哥中南部的埃胡特拉山谷， 位于瓦哈卡山谷的南部 后者，以其 史前首都蒙特阿尔班，见证了中央集权的兴起， 可能控制了大片腹地的国家。 经过多次 经过多年的考古研究，瓦哈卡的史前史 相当有名。 作为Ejutla调查的结果， 能够开始检查这之间的相互作用， 边缘地区和阿尔班山的中心 Feinman博士已经找到了一个大的分层网站的边缘 现代城镇埃胡特拉。 炮弹的大面积散射 碎片和现场材料表明， 作为一个工厂， 海岸线变成了成品， 卖给了蒙特·奥尔本 挖掘工作将提供以下信息： 所涵盖的时间间隔和社会背景， 工作发生了。对物体本身的分析将确定 贝壳物种-并通过这一领域的起源-也将 允许重建制造过程。 这些数据 将深入了解核心区域和 阿尔班山和埃胡特拉周边地区 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。 一是 深入了解复杂的社会是如何产生的， 树立政治意识 其次，它将增加我们对 核心区和外围区之间的相互作用， 随着时间的推移而发展和变化。

With NSF support, Dr. Feinman has conducted archaeological survey in the Ejutla Valley which is located in South Central Mexico to the south of the Valley of Oaxaca. This latter, with its prehistoric capital of Monte Alban, saw the rise of a centralized state which likely controlled a large hinterland. After many years of archaeological research, the prehistory of Oaxaca is fairly well known. As a result of the Ejutla survey, Dr. Feinman was able to begin an examination of the interaction between this marginal area and the center at Monte Alban. Dr. Feinman has located a large stratified site on the edge of the modern town of Ejutla. Large surface scatters of shell fragments as well as in situ material indicate that this area served as a factory in which shells brought from the Pacific coastline were turned into finished objects and then presumably traded to Monte Alban. Excavation will provide information on the time interval covered and the social context in which this work took place. Analysis of the objects themselves will identify shell species - and through this areas of origin - and will also allow reconstruction of the manufacturing process. These data will provide insight into the interactions between the core area of Monte Alban and the Ejutla periphery. This research is important for several reasons. First, it will provide insight into how complex societies arise and are maintained. Secondly, it will increase our understanding of the interactions between core and peripheral areas and how these develop and change over time.