Collaborative Research: The Paquime Regional System, Chihuahua, Mexico

9320007惠伦 在一个合作项目中，Paul Minnis博士和Michael Whalen博士将在墨西哥北方的Casas Grande地区进行考古研究。Paquime的土坯村庄的废墟一直给游客留下深刻的印象，从西班牙探险家到现代考古学家。然而，该地区的研究一直是零星的，这个网站曾经发挥的作用及其影响的程度尚不清楚。Minnis和Whalen博士计划对周边地区进行系统的考古调查，以便在更广泛的区域背景下研究Paquime。他们将在离遗址不同距离的地方确定“内部”和“外部”区域，并在每个区域内确定考古发现。物质散布的大小和相关的结构以及农业特征将被记录。 “异国情调”或进口材料以及选定的陶器样品将收集和分析。这项工作的目标是收集关于这些遗址、生产和仪式设施以及手工艺品的规模、类型和分布的时间和空间变化的数据。在此基础上，将有可能追踪从帕奎梅中心向外的控制程度，并确定这种控制如何随着时间的推移而变化。 多年来，考古学家研究了美国西南部的史前文化，并对这些社会的发展有了相当深入的了解，这些社会在其鼎盛时期建造了普韦布洛，在复杂的分层社会中容纳了数百人。然而，这些系统的起源和地理范围都没有得到很好的理解。虽然格兰德河今天构成了国际边界，但它在过去并没有发挥重要作用。众所周知，西南文化向南延伸到墨西哥，但在这方面的工作相对较少。这一空白应该被填补，因为在更远的南方，阿兹特克人和他们的祖先等群体也存在，他们对更远的北方复杂社会的发展所提供的刺激程度是未知的。 这项研究很重要，因为它将填补新世界的一个重要考古空白。它将揭示美国史前文化的发展，并为许多考古学家提供感兴趣的数据。 ***

9320007 Whalen In a collaborative project, Drs. Paul Minnis and Michael Whalen will conduct archaeological research in the Casas Grande region of northern Mexico. The ruins of the great adobe pueblo of Paquime have consistently impressed visitors from Spanish explorers to modern archaeologists. However research in the region has been sporadic and the role which this site once played and the extent of its influence are unclear. Drs. Minnis and Whalen plan to conduct a systematic archaeological survey of the surrounding area in order to situate Paquime within a broader regional context. They will define "inner" and "outer" zones at varying distances from the site and locate archaeological occurrences within each. The size of material scatters and associated structures and agricultural features will be noted. "Exotic" or imported materials as well as selected pottery samples will be collected and analyzed. The goal of the work is to collect data on chronological and spatial variability in the size, type and distribution of such sites, of productive and ritual facilities and of artifacts. On this basis it will be possible to trace the degree of control out from the center of Paquime and to determine how this changed over time. For many years archaeologists have studied prehistoric cultures of the U.S. Southwest and have gained considerable insight into the development of these societies which, at their height, constructed pueblos which housed hundreds of individuals in a complex stratified societies. However neither the origin nor the geographic extent of these systems are well understood. While the Rio Grande river today constitutes a international boundary, it did not serve a significant function in the past. It is well known that the Southwestern cultures extended South into Mexico but comparatively little work has been done in this area. This gap should be filled because further to the South groups such as the Aztecs and their predecessors were present and th e degree of stimulus they provided to the development of complex societies further North is unknown. This research is important because it will fill an important archaeological gap in the New World. It will shed light on the development of prehistoric cultures in the United States and provide data of interest to many archaeologists. ***