Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas

马丘比丘：揭开印加之谜

• 批准号: 0206268
• 负责人: Richard Burger
• 金额: $ 34.54万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-01 至 2003-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0206268&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Machu; Picchu; Unveiling; Mystery; Incas

This project will provide for a national tour of a 5,000 square-foot exhibit about the great Inca archaeological site of Machu Picchu, and will give a national public audience the opportunity to view one-of-a-kind and seldom exhibited Inca artifacts, while also learning about archaeological science through engaging interactive exhibits and displays. The exhibit demonstrates how understanding the past through science has made it possible to determine the purpose, activities and the nature of daily life on a royal Inca estate. Laboratory research is at the core of the visitor experience, which will include osteology, paleopathology, astronomy, stable carbon isotope analysis, faunal analysis of animal bones, compositional and structural analysis of metals and ecological analysis of the flora and fauna of the Machu Picchu National Researve in Peru. Project funding will also create a Website including a virtual exhibit tour, a self-guided tour of Machu Picchu and web-based archaeological science curriculum for classroom use. The larger project also includes an international scholarly symposium entitled "The Archaeology of Inca Cuzco." The exhibit will open at the Yale Peabody Museum in January, 2003, and after six months, will travel to Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Denver, Washington, DC and Chicago, before it returns to New Haven for long-term installation at the Peabody. The project will reach an audience estimated at well over 2,000,000 visitors, school children, and Website users.

该项目将提供一个关于马丘比丘伟大印加考古遗址的5000平方英尺展览的全国巡展，并将使全国公众有机会观看独一无二的很少展出的印加文物，同时还通过互动展品和展示了解考古科学。该展览展示了如何通过科学了解过去，从而有可能确定皇家印加庄园的目的、活动和日常生活的性质。实验室研究是参观者体验的核心，其中将包括骨学、古病理学、天文学、稳定碳同位素分析、动物骨骼的动物群分析、金属的成分和结构分析以及秘鲁马丘比丘国家保护区动植物的生态分析。项目资金还将创建一个网站，包括虚拟展览之旅、马丘比丘自助游和供课堂使用的基于网络的考古科学课程。这个更大的项目还包括一个名为“印加·库斯科的考古”的国际学术研讨会。展览将于2003年1月在耶鲁皮博迪博物馆开幕，6个月后，将前往洛杉矶、匹兹堡、丹佛、华盛顿特区和芝加哥，然后返回纽黑文，在皮博迪博物馆长期展出。该项目将接触到估计超过200万访问者、学童和网站用户。