Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Power Relations and Urban Landscape Formation: A Study of Construction Labor and Resources in Teotihuacan, Mexico

在博士的指导下。Barbara Stark和George Cowgill，村上达也先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将把研究重点放在特奥蒂瓦坎的考古遗址上，以确定政治和经济权力在居民之间的分配是如何不同的，以及这种分配是如何随着时间而变化的。特奥蒂瓦坎位于墨西哥山谷，是新大陆最大、最令人印象深刻的史前遗址之一。纪念性建筑——太阳金字塔和月亮金字塔——提供了这个早期国家驾驭和维持大量劳动力供应的能力的证据，考古学家估计，在其鼎盛时期，人口达到10万或更多。特奥蒂瓦坎将其势力投射到广阔的腹地，其影响远至建立贸易关系的玛雅低地。村上先生希望了解这个国家发展和繁荣的动力，为了实现这一目标，他建议研究权力是如何在精英统治者和广大民众之间分配的。考古证据表明，随着时间的推移，后者的影响力越来越大。该研究的目的是检查在该遗址的中心仪式部分投入的相对工作量，该区域被认为是由精英统治阶级占领的，而邻近的住宅区则由其他群体居住。建筑劳动力支出的定量评估将基于重复性实验、人种学观察和公布的建筑成本措施。中心区域内建筑的总人工成本和人均人工成本将分别作为国家权力程度和程度的代表。对于质量分析，将分析切割的石块（用于墙面和楼梯）和石灰石膏（覆盖地板和墙壁），因为这两种材料都不是本地材料，制造时需要相对较高的劳动力投入。这项研究不仅将为人们提供对标志性考古遗址的新认识，也将为考古分析提供新的有用工具。该项目还将促进一位有前途的年轻科学家的智力和学术发展。

Under the direction of Drs. Barbara Stark and George Cowgill, Mr Tatsuya Murakami will collect data for his doctoral thesis. He will focus his research on the archaeological site of Teotihuacan to determine how political and economic power was differentially distributed among the inhabitants and how this changed over time. Teotihuacan which is located in the Valley of Mexico, is one of the largest and most impressive prehistoric sites in the New World. Monumental architecture - the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon - provide evidence of this early state's ability to harness and maintain a large supply of labor and at its height archaeologists estimate that population reached 100,000 or more individuals. Teotihuacan projected its power over a large hinterland and its effects were felt as far as the Mayan lowlands where trade relations were established. Mr. Murakami wishes to understand the dynamics which allowed this state to develop and flourish and to accomplish this he proposes to study how power was distributed between elite rulers and the broader populace. Archaeological evidence suggests that the latter gained influence over time. The research is designed to examine the relative amount of effort devoted to construction within the central ceremonial portion of the site which, it is assumed, was occupied by the elite ruling class and the adjacent residential precincts which were inhabited by other groups. Quantitative assessment of labor expenditure for construction will be based on replicative experiments, ethnographic observation and published measures of construction costs. The total and per capita labor costs for structures within the central precinct will be used as proxy for the extent and degree of state power respectively. For quality analysis, cut stone blocks (used for facing walls and stairways) and lime plaster (coverfing floors and walls) will be analyzed since both are non-local materials and require relatively high labor inputs for manufacture. The research will not only provide new insight into an iconic archaeological site but also provide a new and useful tool for archaeological analysis. The project will also further the intellectual and academic development of a promising young scientist.