Collaborative Research: The Paquime Regional System, Chihuahua, Mexico

9320007惠伦在一个合作项目中，保罗·明尼斯博士和迈克尔·惠伦博士将在墨西哥北部的卡萨格兰德地区进行考古研究。从西班牙探险家到现代考古学家，伟大的帕奎姆土坯古堡遗址一直给游客留下深刻印象。然而，该地区的研究一直是零星的，该网站曾经发挥的作用及其影响程度尚不清楚。明尼斯博士和惠伦博士计划对周围地区进行一次系统的考古调查，以便将帕基姆置于更广泛的区域背景中。他们将在距遗址不同距离的“内部”和“外部”区域界定，并在每个区域内定位考古遗址。材料散布的大小以及相关的结构和农业特征将被记录下来。“外来”或进口材料以及选定的陶器样本将被收集和分析。这项工作的目标是收集关于这类遗址、生产和仪式设施以及文物的大小、类型和分布的时间和空间变异性的数据。在此基础上，可以追踪帕基姆中心的控制程度，并确定这种情况是如何随着时间的推移而变化的。多年来，考古学家一直在研究美国西南部的史前文化，并对这些社会的发展有了相当大的洞察力，这些社会在其鼎盛时期建造了村落，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了解。尽管格兰德河今天构成了一条国际边界，但它在过去并没有发挥重大作用。众所周知，西南文化向南延伸到墨西哥，但在这一地区所做的工作相对较少。应该填补这一空白，因为在南方，有阿兹特克人及其前身等团体，他们对北方更复杂的社会的发展提供了多大程度的刺激，这一点不得而知。这项研究很重要，因为它将填补新大陆的一个重要考古学空白。它将阐明美国史前文化的发展，并提供许多考古学家感兴趣的数据。***

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. ***