Dissertation Research: Evolution and Cultural Meaning of Courts in the Copan Acropolis

论文研究：科潘卫城法院的演变和文化意义

• 批准号: 9123390
• 金额: $ 1.02万
• 依托单位: University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-01-15 至 1993-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9123390&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Evolution; Cultural; Meaning

Under the direction of Dr. Robert Sharer, Ms Loa Traxler will collect data for her doctoral dissertation thesis. She will participate in the excavation of the Acropolis of Copan and determine how architectural construction changed over time. Copan, located in Honduras, is one of the major Mayan sites and it documents the rise and subsequent decline of Mayan society. A large mound or "Acropolis" marks the center of the site and consists of superimposed temples, palace buildings and other structures. Although other Mayan sites also contain such a sequence of buildings, Copan is unique because an erosional cut along the eastern portion allows ready access to all major construction levels and presents a rare opportunity for extensive exposure of superimposed architecture. Dr. Sharer and his colleagues have developed a tunneling strategy which lets them follow buried walls and reconstruct building size and shape. Ms Traxler will continue to collect and analyze such data. In Middle America, archaeologists have tended to concentrate either on monumental structures which provide insight into elite behavior or on smaller outlying sites associated with lower class status. The site of Copan is particularly important because of the long term settlement pattern survey and excavations which have focussed on the latter. As a result of this work, archaeologists now understand how population changed over time and how the utilization of the Copan Valley changed. Within this context, the data which Ms Traxler will collect is extremely important because it will permit her to examine how these two levels of society interacted. This research will provide new insight into the rise and decline of Mayan civilization. It will result in data of interest to a large group of archaeologists and assist in the training of an extremely promising young scientist.

在Robert Sharer博士的指导下，Loa Traxler女士将 为她的博士论文收集资料。 她将 参与科潘卫城的发掘工作， 确定建筑结构是如何随着时间的推移而变化的。 位于洪都拉斯的科潘是主要的玛雅遗址之一， 它记录了玛雅社会的兴起和衰落。 一 一个巨大的土墩或“卫城”标志着遗址的中心， 由叠加的寺庙，宫殿建筑和其他 结构.虽然其他玛雅遗址也包含这样的 科潘是一个独特的建筑序列，因为侵蚀切割 沿着东部地区， 建设水平，并提出了一个难得的机会，广泛 叠加架构的曝光。 Sharer博士和他的 同事们开发了一种隧道策略， 沿着埋藏的墙壁重建建筑的大小和形状。MS Traxler将继续收集和分析这些数据。 在美国中部，考古学家倾向于 要么是那些能让人们深入了解精英阶层的 行为或在较小的外围网站与较低的阶级 status. 科潘遗址尤为重要，因为 长期沉降模式调查和挖掘， 他们专注于后者。 由于这项工作， 考古学家现在了解了人口如何随着时间的推移而变化 以及对科潘山谷的利用是如何改变的。 在这 在这种情况下，Traxler女士将收集的数据非常 重要的是，这将使她能够研究这两个 社会各阶层相互影响。 这项研究将提供新的见解的崛起和衰落 玛雅文明。 它将产生a感兴趣的数据 一大批考古学家，并协助培训一个 非常有前途的年轻科学家