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

Braswell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3至24个月的研究。该计划的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，并利用国外独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件。该奖项将支持杰弗里·E·布拉斯韦尔博士与伯利兹贝尔莫潘旅游部考古司的Jaime Awe博士合作，为期21个月的研究奖学金。该项目将涉及收集数据，以检验关于弱整合和强整合的经典玛雅国家的两种截然不同的假说。PIS将在中美洲伯利兹的玛雅古城普西哈开展一项考古调查、保护和巩固计划。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端。该遗址以其许多可追溯到公元573年至751年的雕刻纪念碑和独特的工程特征而闻名：一座跨越Pusilha(Machaca)河的古老三跨桥和两条人工引水运河。AWE博士是旅游部发展项目的考古协调员。作为AWE博士手下的研究员，布拉斯韦尔博士将学习用于加固古代古迹的考古和工程技术。他们将测试特定的中央主义和分散主义假设，这些假设涉及古代玛雅经济的水平和等级整合，以及源自普西哈不朽文本的历史政治框架。他们的研究将有助于对玛雅社会的组织、稳定和变化的现有模式做出新的贡献和改进，并将延伸到对世界各地古代国家的研究。

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.