The Organization of Moche Ceramic Production: Excavations atthe Cerro Mayal Workshop, Chicama Valley, Peru

罗素博士将在现场进行考古发掘 Cerro Mayal位于北方的奇卡马山谷， 沿海的秘鲁。 该网站，其中日期莫切时代，包括 一个陶瓷工作室，一个CA。5000平方米的面积与众多 一堆堆的废弃陶瓷， 地面 与此相关的还有居住区 这里的砖石建筑和土坯砖建筑 建筑是可以辨别的。 在一个赛季中， 罗素博士和他的同事们将在 确定特征空间组织的工作区 和艺术品 他们希望重建陶瓷技术 和相关的劳工组织。 罗素博士也会深入研究 废堆区回收工具，模具和部分 竞争船只 最后，他将重点放在居住区 与研讨会有关。 他希望了解这个团体 以及产品如何在一个 更广阔的领域。 罗素博士还将进行实验室分析 来自Cerro Mayal的粘土和陶瓷材料以及 其他奇卡马山谷遗址，试图重建贸易 网络 奇卡马山谷是莫奇文化的中心 他们建造了庙宇形式的纪念性建筑， 相关的居住综合体。 他们还制作了精美的工艺品 项目. 莫切人分布在一个很大的地区，控制着很大的 大量的人和挖掘和管理一个广泛的系统， 运河从安第斯山脉获取水， 允许在这种极端干燥的沙漠环境中进行农业生产。 目前还不清楚像这样的大型社会是如何产生和发展的。 许多考古学家认为， 制造业和贸易在这一进程中发挥着重要作用。 Cerro Mayal很重要，因为它的大规模表明， 陶器生产由中央控制。 本研究 将有助于确定这个假设是否正确。 该项目将产生许多考古学家感兴趣的数据 并将增进我们对复杂社会 出现并保持。

Dr. Russell will conduct archaeological excavations at the site of Cerro Mayal which is located in the Chicama Valley of northern coastal Peru. The site, which dates to Moche times, consists of a ceramics workshop, a ca. 5000 square meter area with numerous piles of wasted ceramics which protrude up to one meter above the ground surface. Also associated with this is a habitation area where the remains of buildings of both masonry and adobe brick architecture can be discerned. During a single season of fieldwork, Dr. Russell and colleagues will excavate in the workshop area to identify the spatial organization of features and artifacts. They hope to reconstruct the ceramic technology and associated labor organization. Dr. Russell will also dig in the waste pile area to recover tools, molds and partially competed vessels. Finally, he will focus on the habitation zone associated with the workshop. He hopes to learn how this group was organized and how the products were distributed over a broader area. Dr. Russell will also conduct laboratory analysis of clays and ceramic materials from both Cerro Mayal as well as other Chicama Valley sites in an attempt to reconstruct the trade network. The Chicama Valley served as the focus for the Moche culture which built monumental architecture in the form of temples and associated habitation complexes. They also produced fine craft items. The Moche spread over a large area, controlled large numbers of people and dug and administered an extensive system of canals which captured water from the Andes Mountains and permitted agriculture in this extremely dry desert environment. It is unclear how large societies such as this arise and are maintained and many archaeologists believe that control of manufacturing and trade play an important role in this process. Cerro Mayal is important because its large size suggests that pottery production was under centralized control. This research will help to determine whether this hypothesis is correct. The project will produce data of interest to many archaeologists and will increase our understanding of how complex societies arise and are maintained.