Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: The Role Of Road Systems In Social Definition And Integration

本研究的基本目标是通过研究位于Michoacán Purépecha帝国（Pátzcuaro湖盆地）核心区域的古城Angamuco（公元250-1530年）的道路网络，探索城市布局发展的社会影响。它将使我们深入了解一个城市如何出现，发展，居住和居民的经历，以及道路在这些过程中所扮演的角色。在Marcos Llobera博士的指导下，Rodrigo Solinis-Casparius将空间和图像分析与考古调查和挖掘相结合，以：（1）识别路段，路径，交叉口和其他相关的运动技术;（2）确定道路的相对时间顺序和配置;（3）根据其形态，结构，配置和经验属性对道路进行分类。这将有助于对以下方面进行严格评估：（a）经过十三个世纪的居住，城市化模式的变化，以及B）国家和平民在创建、建立和使用安加穆科流动网络方面的影响。最终，研究人员将产生新的见解，这些见解与对社区形成，物质代理以及城市空间的出现和转变感兴趣的广泛学科有关。该项目将提出一个概念框架，通过纳入中美洲、中东、东南亚和地中海使用的方法来评估地点内的流动性和城市化进程，探索墨西哥西部不同规模的社会互动和组织。这项研究将在两个方面作出直接贡献。在方法上，本研究将提供技术，以更好地识别古代城市道路的制造技术，形态，连通性和可达性。它还将测试和开发一种方法，以更好地了解实施网络分析，陶瓷系列化和绝对测年（C14）的道路的时间顺序。从分析上讲，该项目将提供城市道路的详细类型学，为探索Angamuco的社会组织和城市化进程以及Purépecha帝国在Pátzcuaro湖盆地地区的影响提供解释性基础。该项目的结果将作为继续调查中美洲和其他地方的场地内流动性、可达性和互动以及人类与其景观之间关系的基础。更广泛地说，该项目将通过在墨西哥和美国考古遗址附近的社区开展教育和宣传活动，为科学家增加考古遗产的价值和保护考古遗产的重要性做出贡献。这些行动将增加Tzintzuntzan遗产理事会社区中心的保护工作，包括：a）编写讨论遗址历史和考古实践的信息材料（包括西班牙语社区报告），B）为社区成员提供遗址图尔斯导游，以及c）在当地学校和当地活动中为教育工作者和学生进行讲座和演讲。最后，与复原力项目（LORE-LPB）的遗产，这项研究将有助于来自不同背景的年轻学者的培训，并培养墨西哥和美国机构之间的国际关系。

The fundamental goal of this research is to explore the social implications in the development of the urban layout by studying the road network of the ancient city of Angamuco (250-1530 CE), located in the core-area of the Purépecha Empire (Lake Pátzcuaro Basin), Michoacán. It will provide insight into our general understanding of how a city emerges, develops, is inhabited and experienced by its residents, and the roles that roads play during these processes. Under the guidance of Dr. Marcos Llobera, Rodrigo Solinis-Casparius will integrate spatial and image analysis with archaeological survey and excavation to: (1) identify road segments, pathways, intersections and other associated movement technology; (2) determine the relative temporal sequencing and configuration of roads, and; (3) classify roads according to their morphology, construction, configuration, and experiential properties. This will permit rigorous evaluation of: a) changes in patterns of urbanization through thirteen centuries of habitation, and b) the influence of the State and commoners in the creation, establishment and use of the movement network of Angamuco. Ultimately, researchers will produce new insights that are relevant to a wide range of disciplines interested in community formation, material agency, and the emergence and transformation of urban spaces. This project will suggest a conceptual framework to explore different scales of social interaction and organization in western Mexico by incorporating approaches used in Mesoamerica, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean to assess intra-site mobility and urbanization processes. This research will directly contribute in two ways. Methodologically, this study will provide techniques to better identify ancient urban roads by their manufacture technology, morphology, connectivity and accessibility. It will also test and develop a methodology to better understand the chronological sequencing of roads implementing Network Analysis, ceramic seriation and absolute dating (C14). Analytically, this project will provide a detailed typology of urban roads, an interpretative ground to explore the social organization and the urbanization process of Angamuco, and the impact of Purépecha Empire's influence in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin area. The results of this project will be used as a basis for continuing investigation of intra-site mobility, accessibility and interaction, as well as the relationship between humans and their landscape in Mesoamerica and elsewhere. More broadly, this project will contribute to increasing the ways in which archaeological heritage is valued for scientists and the importance of protecting it by developing educational and outreach activities in communities located near the archaeological site in Mexico and in the U.S. These actions will add to the conservation efforts of the heritage council community center in Tzintzuntzan and include: a) generating informative materials (including a community report in Spanish) discussing the history of the site and the archaeological practice, b) offering guided site tours for community members, and c) engaging in talks and presentations to educators and students in local schools and at local events. Finally, working with the Legacies of Resilience Project (LORE-LPB), this research will contribute to the training of young scholars from different backgrounds and nurture international relationships between Mexican and American institutions.