Archaeological Investigations at La Quemada, Zacatecas, Mexico

墨西哥萨卡特卡斯州拉克马达考古调查

• 批准号: 9211681
• 负责人: Ben Nelson
• 金额: $ 20.06万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-01 至 1996-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9211681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Archaeological; Investigations; La; Quemada; Zacatecas

With National Science Foundation support Dr. Ben Nelson will continue his archaeological research at the site of La Quemada which is located in Northern Mexico. He will also expand his investigation to the neighboring smaller satellite community of Pilarillos. Work to date has indicated that La Quemada served as a major prehistoric center and was occupied at approximately 600-750 AD. It includes ceremonial ball courts, a temple and other major structures. Over the course of two field seasons Dr. Nelson and his collaborators will conduct a series of excavations. They will continue to expose the ceremonial structure. In addition they will sink a number of test units in middens which are rich in ceramic and other cultural remains. Finally test units will also be opened in areas between terraces where no evidence of structures is visible on the surface. The purpose of these is to test the proposition that "low status" structures built of perishable materials were interspersed among the more elaborate buildings. At the site of Pilarillos surface materials will be collected and a map made. On this basis areas will then be selected for excavation. With these data several questions will be addressed: What is the macroregional and regional chronology? What was the social organization and what role was played by La Quemada which is the largest site? What was the subsistence basis for this prehistoric group and how did they adapt to and in turn affect their environment? Years of research have given archaeologists considerable knowledge about prehistoric Central Mexican cultures and of Mayan regions further to the South. Likewise much work has been done in the American Southwest where large sites such as those at Chaco Canyon have been extensively excavated. However relatively little is known about the intervening northern Mexico area. Without this data it is difficult to examine the intriguing question of interaction and the extent to which Southwestern cultures were influenced by or served as outliers of their southern contemporaries. Dr. Nelson's work will provide a framework for the northern Mexico region and show whether it acted as barrier or conduit. The research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists. It will increase our understanding of how complex societies and inter regional networks develop and the extent to which Southwestern U.S. prehistoric societies developed autonomously.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，本·纳尔逊博士将 继续他在拉克马达遗址的考古研究 位于墨西哥北方。他还将扩大他的 对邻近的较小卫星社区进行调查 皮拉里洛斯迄今为止的工作表明，拉克马达是一个 主要的史前中心，并在大约600-750年被占领 AD.它包括仪式球场，寺庙和其他主要的 结构.在两个赛季的实地考察中，纳尔逊博士和他的 合作者将进行一系列的挖掘工作。他们将 继续揭露仪式结构此外，他们将 将一些试验装置沉入富含陶瓷的粪坑中 和其他文化遗迹。最后，测试单元也将开放 在梯田之间的地区，没有证据表明结构， 在表面上可见。这些的目的是测试 主张“低地位”的结构建成的易腐 材料散布在更精致的建筑物中。在 将收集Pilarillos表面材料的网站， 地图制作在此基础上，将选择进行挖掘的区域。 有了这些数据，将解决几个问题： 宏观区域和区域年表？什么是社会 组织和La Quemada发挥了什么作用， 最大的网站？这个史前文明的生存基础是什么 他们是如何适应并反过来影响他们的 环境？ 多年的研究使考古学家们对 关于墨西哥中部和玛雅地区的史前文化 再往南。同样， 美国西南部的大遗址，如查科峡谷峡谷 被广泛挖掘。然而，相对而言， 关于墨西哥北方地区。如果没有这些数据， 很难研究互动的有趣问题 西南文化受到影响或服务的程度 是南方同时代的异类纳尔逊博士的工作 将为北方墨西哥地区提供一个框架， 无论它是作为屏障还是管道。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供数据 许多考古学家感兴趣。这将增加我们的 了解复杂的社会和区域间网络 以及美国西南部史前 社会是自主发展的。