Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. A Study of Late Classic Maya Port Function: Investigations at Trinidad de Nosotros, El Peten, Guatemala.

在E博士的指导下。放大图片作者：Matthew D.莫里亚蒂将在特立尼达德诺索特罗斯的古玛雅遗址进行考古调查。 特立尼达位于危地马拉佩滕伊察湖的北岸，从公元前600年到公元1525年被占领。 最近的调查收集了极好的初步证据，证明特立尼达是古代玛雅港口。 这个研究项目的目的是确认特立尼达作为一个港口，并研究影响长途贸易组织的社会，政治和经济因素的相互作用。 调查将评估特立尼达居民获得特定贸易商品的程度（例如，黑曜石，玉石，海洋贝壳）通过时间和比较其他附近定居点的居民。 其他调查将侧重于查明与贸易有关的设施（例如，港口、仓库和市场综合体），并描述港口中常见的专门经济活动（例如，对古代港口的研究提供了一个不同寻常的机会，可以同时直接解决经济组织的多个方面。 港口作为连接地方经济与更大的区域间经济体系的功能节点，对相关区域的人口或经济组织的变化非常敏感。 此外，港口功能的战略性质往往使港口成为高度政治化的环境，在这种环境中，有关贸易组织的政治决定将付诸实施。 在特立尼达进行的调查将为获取非本地资源的长期模式和影响贸易的多种力量提供新的见解。 虽然玛雅研究的最新进展已经彻底改变了我们对古玛雅的理解，但这两个主题仍然是持续争论的焦点。这项研究的结果将对古玛雅的学生和更大的科学界研究政治经济和贸易交流系统的成员感兴趣。 贸易与更大的社会、政治和经济力量之间的关系是社会科学中的基本问题，对研究古代经济体系的衔接尤为重要。 为了促进跨学科和跨文化的研究，这些调查的数据将发表在考古期刊和通讯以及在社会科学中有更广泛应用的出版物上，这一项目将通过提高当地对考古遗产的认识产生更广泛的影响。 圣何塞镇是危地马拉最后的伊察玛雅社区之一，目前正在进行文化复兴。 当地的公共外联工作将包括在特立尼达举办解说性游客日、在圣何塞市政厅举办公开讲座以及编写一份公开形式的现场游客指南。 该项目还将有助于美国和危地马拉考古学学生的培训和发展。 危地马拉学生通过参与可以应用于学位要求的实地和实验室研究获得学分。 美国学生接受动手技术培训，同时通过参与当地社群活动获得生活经验。 该项目的数据也将有助于五名美国研究生的博士论文研究。

Under the supervision of Dr. E. Wyllys Andrews V, Matthew D. Moriarty will conduct archaeological investigations at the ancient Maya site of Trinidad de Nosotros. Trinidad is located on the north shore of Guatemala's Lake Peten Itza and was occupied from approximately 600 B.C. to A.D. 1525. Recent investigations collected excellent preliminary evidence that Trinidad was an ancient Maya port. This research project is designed to confirm that Trinidad functioned as a port and to examine the interplay of social, political, and economic factors affecting the organization of long-distance trade. Investigations will assess the level of access Trinidad's residents had to specific trade goods (e.g., obsidian, jade, marine shell) through time and in comparison to the residents of other nearby settlements. Additional investigations will focus on identifying trade-related facilities (e.g., port, storage, and market complexes) and describing specialized economic activities commonly found in ports (e.g., craft production and raw material processing).The study of an ancient port provides an unusual opportunity to directly address multiple aspects of economic organization simultaneously. As functional nodes linking local economies with larger interregional economic systems, ports are highly sensitive to changes in the demographic or economic organization of their associated hinterlands. Further, the strategic nature of port function often makes ports highly politicized environments where political decisions regarding the organization of trade are played out. Investigations at Trinidad will provide fresh insights into both long-term patterns in the acquisition of non-local resources and into the multitude of forces affecting trade. Although recent advances in Maya studies have revolutionized our understandings of the ancient Maya, both of these topics are the focus of continuing debate.The results of this research will be of interest to both students of the ancient Maya and members of the larger scientific community studying political economy and systems of trade and exchange. The relationships between trade and larger social, political, and economic forces are fundamental concerns in the social sciences and are particularly critical to studies examining the articulation of ancient economic systems. To facilitate inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural research, data from these investigations will be published in both archaeological journals and newsletters and publications with broader applications in the social sciences.This project will have a broader impact by increasing local awareness of archaeological patrimony. The town of San Jose, one of the last Itza Maya communities in Guatemala, is currently undergoing a cultural renaissance. Local public outreach efforts will include interpretive visitors' days at Trinidad, public lectures in the San Jose town hall, and the preparation of a public format visitor's guide to the site. This project will also contribute to the training and development of American and Guatemalan archaeology students. Guatemalan students gain academic credits through their involvement in field and laboratory research that can be applied to their degree requirements. American students receive hands-on technical training while gaining life experience through their involvement in local community activities. Data from this project will also contribute to the doctoral dissertation research of five American graduate students.