Saving Past and Future Irreplaceable Collections and Facilitating Future Archaeological Research in Central Mexico

保存过去和未来不可替代的收藏并促进墨西哥中部未来的考古研究

• 批准号: 0004286
• 负责人: George Cowgill
• 金额: $ 3.96万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-01-01 至 2002-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0004286&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Saving; Past; Future; Irreplaceable; Collections

In 1986/7 the National Science Foundation awarded funds to Drs. George Cowgill and Susan Evans to construct an archaeological research center in Teotihuacan, Mexico. The northern basin of Mexico contains many large archaeological sites - of which Teotihuacan is the most famous - which document the rise of complex Mesoamerican cultures and these have been the focus of decades of NSF supported research. Because the Mexican government lacks adequate resources to store excavated materials and to provide work space for scientists, an NSF grant allowed the construction of a center which includes storage, work and living space. In over a decade of existence the center has provided base for many NSF supported projects. As a result, storage space is now filled to capacity with well over a million objects. The main storage/work unit was solidly built in the expectation that a second story would eventually be added and this award provides funds for this and other related improvements. The enlarged center will provide the infrastructure for archaeological and related research in this strategic region for many decades to come and will provide for the curation of materials that would otherwise be lost. Arizona State University has donated matching funds and Dr. Cowgill will continue to oversee center administration.

1986年至1987年，国家科学基金会向乔治考吉尔博士和苏珊埃文斯博士提供资金，在墨西哥特奥蒂瓦坎建造一个考古研究中心。墨西哥的北方盆地有许多大型考古遗址--其中特奥蒂瓦坎是最著名的--它们记录了复杂的中美洲文化的兴起，这些一直是美国国家科学基金会数十年来支持研究的重点。由于墨西哥政府缺乏足够的资源来储存挖掘出的材料，并为科学家提供工作空间，美国国家科学基金会的赠款允许建造一个中心，其中包括储存，工作和生活空间。在过去的十年中，该中心为许多NSF支持的项目提供了基础。结果，存储空间现在被超过一百万个对象填满了。主要的存储/工作单元是坚实的建立在预期的第二层将最终增加和这个奖项提供资金，这和其他相关的改进。扩大后的中心将为这一战略地区未来几十年的考古和相关研究提供基础设施，并将为否则将丢失的材料提供管理。亚利桑那州立大学捐赠了配套资金，考吉尔博士将继续监督中心的管理。