Collaborative Research: The Paquime Regional System, Chihuahua, Mexico

在一个合作项目中，Whalen博士。保罗·明尼斯和迈克尔·惠伦将在墨西哥北部的卡萨斯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，帕基梅的土坯大村落遗址一直给游客留下深刻印象。然而，对该地区的研究一直是零星的，这个地点曾经发挥的作用及其影响的程度尚不清楚。Drs。Minnis和Whalen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定位Paquime。他们将在距离遗址不同的距离上定义“内部”和“外部”区域，并在每个区域内定位考古事件。将注意到材料散落的大小和相关结构以及农业特征。“异国情调”或进口材料以及选定的陶器样品将被收集和分析。这项工作的目标是收集关于这些地点、生产和仪式设施以及人工制品的大小、类型和分布的时间和空间变化的数据。在此基础上，将有可能追踪从帕基姆中心向外的控制程度，并确定这种控制是如何随时间变化的。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数百人居住的普韦布洛人，形成了一个复杂的分层社会。然而，这些系统的起源和地理范围都没有得到很好的了解。虽然今天的格兰德河构成了一条国际边界，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，但相对而言，在这一领域所做的工作很少。这一差距应该被填补，因为在更远的南方，像阿兹特克人及其祖先这样的群体已经存在，而他们对更遥远的北方复杂社会的发展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. ***