International Research Fellowship Program: Archaeological Investigation of the Ancient Maya Center of Xuenkal, Yucatan, Mexico

[0502306]马纳汉国际研究奖学金计划使美国科学家和工程师能够到国外进行3至24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Thomas K. Manahan博士与墨西哥坎佩切市自治大学历史与社会研究中心主任William J. Folan博士开展为期22个月的研究。PI正在测试中美洲古代国家的经济和政治一体化程度。具体来说，研究人员将检验这样一种假设，即奇琴伊察的古典末期政体代表了一场戏剧性的经济和政治转型，从古玛雅中心雪卡尔进行评估。他们正在通过跨学科的方法来实现他们的目标，旨在量化在古典时期和古典末期之间雪卡尔的政治经济、地方经济和农业系统的变化。Manahan的研究将有助于当前对古玛雅政治和经济变化本质的理解，并更广泛地增加我们对所有古代国家组织框架的理解。该合作研究项目整合了美国和墨西哥的研究生，他们将参与国际研究经验，加强两国科学家之间的联系，并加强墨西哥考古研究和教育的基础设施。

0502306ManahanThe 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-two-month research fellowship by Dr. Thomas K. Manahan to work with Dr. William J. Folan, director of the Centro de Investigaciones Historicas y Sociales at the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche, Mexico.The PI is testing the degree of economic and political integration of archaic states in Mesoamerica. Specifically the investigators will test the hypothesis that the Terminal Classic polity of Chichen Itza represented a dramatic economic and political transformation, as evaluated from the ancient Maya center of Xuenkal. They are achieving their goals through an interdisciplinary approach aimed at quantifying changes to the political economy, local economy, and agricultural systems of Xuenkal between the Classic and Terminal Classic periods. Manahan's research will contribute to current understanding of the nature of political and economic change in ancient Maya polities and more broadly increase our understanding of the organizational framework of all archaic states.The collaborative research project integrates both US and Mexican graduate students who will participate in an international research experience, strengthening ties between scientists of the two nations and enhancing the infrastructure for archaeological research and education in Mexico.