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

博士论文改进补助金：权力关系与城市景观形成：墨西哥特奥蒂瓦坎建筑劳动力和资源研究

• 批准号: 0836716
• 负责人: Barbara Stark
• 金额: $ 1.43万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0836716&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Power

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.

在芭芭拉·斯塔克博士和乔治·考吉尔博士的指导下，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中的差异分布以及随着时间的推移如何变化。特奥蒂瓦坎位于墨西哥谷，是新世界最大和最令人印象深刻的史前遗址之一。纪念性建筑-太阳和月亮金字塔-提供了这个早期国家利用和维持大量劳动力供应的能力的证据，考古学家估计人口达到100，000或更多。特奥蒂瓦坎将其势力投射到一大片腹地，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，他建议研究权力如何在精英统治者和更广泛的民众之间分配。考古证据表明，后者随着时间的推移而获得影响力。该研究旨在考察该遗址的中心仪式部分的建设投入的相对努力量，据推测，该部分被精英统治阶级和邻近的其他群体居住的住宅区所占据。建筑劳动力支出的定量评估将基于复制实验、人种学观察和已公布的建筑成本衡量标准。中央辖区内建筑物的总劳动力成本和人均劳动力成本将分别作为国家权力范围和程度的代表。对于质量分析，将分析切割石块（用于墙面和楼梯）和石灰石膏（覆盖地板和墙壁），因为两者都是非本地材料，并且需要相对较高的劳动力投入。该研究不仅将为标志性考古遗址提供新的见解，还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青年科学家的智力和学术发展。