RUI: Proyecto EK Balam Archaeological Research Project

9321603林格尔在国家科学基金会的支持下，林格尔博士、贝博士和他的同事将在位于墨西哥尤卡坦半岛的玛雅遗址Ek Balam进行为期两个季节的考古研究。埃克巴拉姆在史前玛雅人发展的鼎盛时期被占领，是该地区六个最大的遗址之一。聚落规模与建筑投资平行，最大的山丘底部长165米，宽65米，高31米。Ringle博士和Bey博士希望了解城市的内部组织，纪念性建筑的核心区域如何与更多的边远地区相关，以及Ek Balam本身如何与其他此类实体互动。为了实现这些目标，他们将开展四项相关活动。他们将继续在遗址中心进行过去的测绘工作，并对建筑进行调查和记录。陶瓷等表面材料也将被收集。其次，遗址中心的挖掘工作将开始。地层发掘将提供有关陶瓷年代学、建筑风格和建筑建造顺序的信息。第三，将对Ek Balam的腹地--10-12公里范围内的地区进行调查。以及建筑结构和相关的农业领域都将被注意到。最后，将在Ek Balam和Chichen Itza大遗址之间一条20公里宽的走廊内进行初步侦察。这一结果有望阐明这两个玛雅大城市之间的关系。在尤卡坦半岛和中美洲邻近地区，玛雅人被组织成规模接近国家一级的单位，数千人生活在今天人烟稀少的地区。像Ek Balam这样的大遗址作为中心，人口排列在这些地方周围。在过去的几十年里，考古学家对这些“中心”和相关的腹地是如何娱乐的有了很多了解。然而，这种单位是如何组织的--或不是组织的--在更大的范围内如何组织，很少有人调查，也很少有人了解。Ringle博士和Bey博士希望研究这个问题。由于Ek Balam位于奇琴伊察地区，这是另一个大型中心，因此有可能研究两者之间的相互作用。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供许多考古学家感兴趣的数据。它将使我们更好地理解，在区域层面上，大规模社会是如何出现和互动的。该项目还将有助于促进本科院校的研究，并积极让本科生参与到这项工作中来。***

9321603 Ringle With National Science Foundation support, Drs. Ringle, Bey and colleagues will conduct two seasons of archaeological research at Ek Balam, a Mayan site located in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Ek Balam was occupied during the height of prehistoric Mayan development and is one of the half-dozen largest sites in this region. Settlement size is paralleled by architectural investment and the largest mount measures 165 by 65 meters at the base and rises 31 m in height. Drs. Ringle and Bey wish to understand the internal organization of the city, how the core area of monumental architecture relates to more outlying regions and how Ek Balam itself interacted with other such entities. To accomplish these goals they will carry out four related activities. They will continue past mapping work at the site center and survey and record architecture. Surface materials such as ceramics will also be collected. Secondly, excavation at the site center will be begun. Stratigraphic excavations will provide information on ceramic chronology, architectural style and the sequence of building construction. Third, a survey will be conducted of Ek Balam's hinterland - the region within 10-12 km. of the site - and both architectural constructions and associated agricultural fields will be noted. Finally a preliminary reconnaissance will be made within a 20 km wide corridor between Ek Balam and the large site of Chichen Itza. The results, hopefully, will shed light on the relations between these two large Mayan cities. In the Yucatan peninsula and adjacent regions of Central America Mayan peoples were organized into units which approached state level in size and thousands of people subsisted in areas which are only sparsely inhabited today. Large sites such as Ek Balam served as centers and populations arrayed themselves around such places. Over the last several decades archaeologists have gained much understanding of how these "centers" and associated hinterlands fun ctioned. However how such units were organized - or not organized - on a larger scale has been little investigated and is little understood. Drs. Ringle and Bey wish to examine this issue. Because Ek Balam is located in the region of Chichen Itza, another large center it will be possible to study the interaction between the two. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists. It will increase our understanding of how, at a regional level large scale societies emerge and interact. The project will also help to foster research at an undergraduate institution and actively involve undergraduates in the work. ***