International Research Fellowship Program: Archaeological Research and Development at the Ancient Maya City of Pusilha, Belize

[20202581]布拉斯韦尔国际研究奖学金计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。该计划的奖励为联合研究提供了机会，并利用独特或互补的设施、专业知识和国外的实验条件。该奖项将支持Geoffrey E. Braswell博士与伯利兹贝尔莫潘旅游部考古部门的Jaime Awe博士一起开展为期21个月的研究。该项目将收集数据，以检验两种截然不同的假设，即弱整合和强整合的古典玛雅国家。他们将在中美洲伯利兹的古玛雅城市普西尔哈（Pusilha）进行考古调查、保存和巩固项目。普西尔哈是一个中等规模的人口和政治中心，位于伯利兹的最西南。该遗址以其许多可追溯到公元573-751年的雕刻纪念碑和独特的工程特征而闻名：一座古老的三跨桥横跨普西哈河（Machaca）和两条人工导流运河。阿韦博士是旅游部发展项目的考古协调员。作为阿威博士手下的一员，布拉斯韦尔博士将学习用于加固古迹的考古和工程技术。他们将测试具体的中央集权主义和分散主义假设，这些假设是关于古代玛雅经济的水平和等级整合，而不是来自普西哈不朽文本的历史政治框架。他们的研究将为玛雅社会的组织、稳定和变化提供新的和完善的现有模型，并且——通过扩展——将与全世界古代国家的研究相关。

0202581BraswellThe International Research Fellowship Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty-four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad.This award will support a twenty-one month research fellowship by Dr. Geoffrey E. Braswell to work with Dr. Jaime Awe at the Department of Archaeology at the Ministry of Tourism in Belmopan, Belize.This project will involve the gathering of data to test two contrasting hypotheses about weakly and strongly integrated Classic Mayan states. The Pis will work on a program of archaeological investigation, preservation, and consolidation at the ancient Maya city of Pusilha, Belize in Central America. Pusilha is a mid-size population and political center located in the extreme southwest of Belize. The site is known for its many carved monuments dating to AD 573-751 and for a unique engineering feature: an ancient triple-span bridge over the Pusilha (Machaca) River and two artificial diversion canals. Dr. Awe is the Archaeological Coordinator of the Ministry of Tourism's Development Project. As a fellow under Dr. Awe, Dr. Braswell will learn the archaeological and engineering techniques used to consolidate ancient monuments. They will test specific centralist and decentralist hypotheses regarding the horizontal and hierarchical integration of ancient Maya economy against a historical-political framework derived from monumental texts of Pusilha. Their research will contribute new and refine existing models of organization, stability, and change in Maya society, and - by extension - will be of relevance to the study of archaic states throughout the world.