Americas Program Planning Visit: Research Collaboration with Guatemalan Regional Project and Guatemalan Archeologists

9515495科萨科夫斯基这一美洲项目奖将资助波士顿大学劳拉·科萨科夫斯基博士访问危地马拉，以计划一个研究项目，目的是确定危地马拉太平洋海岸圣罗莎地区的考古序列。在这次访问中，科萨科夫斯基博士将与圣罗莎考古项目主任弗朗西斯科·埃斯特拉达·贝利博士合作，检查该地区的陶瓷表面收藏品，以提供有关当地陶瓷年代学的最大信息。对陶瓷的分析是确定考古遗址的年代位置以及区域和区域间相互作用模式的关键一步。对现有材料的审查将为下一季选择挖掘地点提供现实的背景。到目前为止，圣罗莎地区的考古序列记录很少，但有迹象表明，该地区在远至墨西哥中部、萨尔瓦多、危地马拉高地和玛雅低地的贸易和通信网络中发挥了关键作用。由于该地区正在经历广泛的现代化和农业集约化，它正迅速面临考古资源的流失。尽快进行这类研究是至关重要的。***

9515495 Kosakowsky This Americas Program award will fund a visit to Guatemala by Dr. Laura Kosakowsky, Boston University, to plan a research project with the goal of identifying the archeological sequence of the Santa Rosa region on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. During this visit, Dr. Kosakowsky, with the collaboration of Dr. Francisco Estrada Belli, director of the Santa Rosa Archeological Project, will examine surface collections of ceramics from the region in order to provide maximum information on the local ceramic chronology. The analysis of ceramics is a critical step in the identification of chronological placement of archaeological sites, and of regional and inter-regional patterns of interaction. The examination of the available material will provide a realistic background for selecting sites for excavation in the coming season. The archeological sequence of the Santa Rosa area has been poorly documented up to now, but there are indications that this region played a key role in networks of trade and communication from as far away as Central Mexico, El Salvador , the Guatemalan highlands, and the Maya lowlands. Since the region is undergoing extensive modernization and agricultural intensification, it is rapidly facing the loss of archaeological resources. It is critical that this type of study be undertaken as soon as possible. ***