U.S.-Mexico Planning Visit: Investigating the Interaction of Macro-Political Change on Local Landscape and Residence through Collaborative Archaeological Research, Yucatan, Mexico

在这个计划项目中，来自美国和墨西哥的研究人员将促进北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校（UNC-CH）和墨西哥尤卡坦州瓦洛多利德东方大学（UNO）的考古学家之间的合作。此次合作的重点是对宏观政治变化与当地景观和住宅的相互作用进行考古调查。由于Yucatán特定的职业历史，该地区是本研究的一个有希望的场所。重要的是，当地土著社区的存在为改进考古学中基于社区的参与性研究方法提供了机会。北卡罗来纳大学医学院的两名研究人员。Patricia A. McAnany &； Shoshaunna Parks和两名研究生将与东方大学（UNO）的adolfo Ivan Batún Alpuche博士及其本科生合作。这项规划拨款的提案将研究Yucatán半岛从古典末期（公元800-1000年）到19世纪的一系列地震政治变化如何影响景观使用以及非精英玛雅家庭成员的日常活动，特别是妇女及其与棉花生产有关的贡品工作。该项目更广泛的影响包括改进玛雅考古学的方法，将尖端科学与土著社区参与的知识共享计划相结合，提高玛雅文化的生存和当地遗产的保护。该计划赠款之后的长期项目将通过当地非政府组织和中小学举办的研讨会、广播和演出，为儿童、青少年和成人提供教育机会。美国学生和一名年轻女教员也将参与这些调查。初级研究人员参与国际研究是OISE的一个主要目标。

In this planning project researchers from the U.S. and Mexico will catalyze a collaboration between archaeologists at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) and the Unversidad del Oriente (UNO) in Vallodolid, Yucatan, Mexico. The collaboration is focused on an archaeological investigation of the interaction of macro-political change with local landscape and residence. Due to the specific occupational history of the Yucatán, this area is a promising locale for this research. Importantly, the presence of local indigenous communities presents an opportunity to refine methods of community-based participatory research within archaeology. Two researchers from UNC-CH, Drs. Patricia A. McAnany & Shoshaunna Parks and two graduate students will collaborate with Dr.Adolfo Ivan Batún Alpuche of Universidad del Oriente (UNO) and his undergraduate students. The proposal that will result from this planning grant will examine how the series of seismic political changes in the Yucatán Peninsula from the Terminal Classic period (800-1000 CE) through the 19th century affected landscape use as well as the quotidian activities of non-elite Maya household members, particularly women and their tribute-related work of cotton cloth production.Broader impacts of this project include the refinement of methods within Maya Archaeology that combine cutting-edge science with knowledge-sharing programs that engage indigenous communities and enhancement of Maya cultural survival and of the conservation of local heritage places. The long-term project to follow this planning grant will offer educational opportunities to children, youth, and adults through workshops, radio broadcasts, and performances via local NGOs and primary/secondary schools. U.S. students and a young female faculty member will also participate in these investigations. Involvement of junior researchers in international research is a major goal of OISE.