RAPID: Improved Understanding of Regional Trade and Development from the Emergency Salvage of a Late Classic Site

RAPID：通过紧急抢救晚期经典遗址提高对区域贸易和发展的理解

• 批准号: 1840898
• 负责人: Brent Woodfill
• 金额: $ 1.22万
• 依托单位: Winthrop University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-06-15 至 2018-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1840898&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Improved; Understanding; Regional; Trade

Dr. Brent Woodfill of Winthrop University will conduct an emergency salvage of a vital archaeological site. This RAPID award supports the collection of critical but ephemeral data where the largest figurine workshop ever encountered in the Maya world has been just recently unearthed. This is an important discovery that is worthy of scientific study for several reasons. Academically, this is a little-understood region in spite of its importance to the Mexican and Central American economy as the source of the lion's share of vibrant green quetzal feathers that were used by Maya, Aztec, and other Mesoamerican rulers. Ethically, the owners want to preserve this find and support scientific advances. This emergency RAPID project will provide a solid framework upon which to test the extent to which trade routes and trends observed by the Spaniards were present before the Classic Maya collapse and provide for a detailed model for Classic Maya figurine production and exchange, thereby improving the robustness and reliability of archaeological findings related to regional trade and development. The project improves scientific infrastructure through international scientific collaboration. Research data and findings will further be disseminated through a variety of means to improve scientific and technological understanding. In May 2018, heavy machinery on the outskirts of the city of Coban, Guatemala cut into a large earthen mound, revealing hundreds of Classic Maya figurine molds, figurines, and incense burners. The contractor stopped construction immediately and contacted local authorities, who in turn brought in Dr. Brent Woodfill to assess the site's importance. Dr. Woodfill and his team will investigate the techniques for figurine production, which can be tested against previous models based on limited archaeological data. By studying this workshop in a largely undisturbed state, they will be able to relate figurine production and exchange to other economic activities that occurred here, and the relationships the producers maintained with local and far-flung Mesoamerican groups. There has never been a formal archaeological project in this important region, so much of our understanding is based on limited Spanish writings about the local Maya after the Spanish conquest. By examining the figurines and other archaeological materials, we can test the degree of cultural continuity before and after the drastic changes caused by the Classic collapse and the arrival of Europeans.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

温斯罗普大学的布伦特·伍德菲尔博士将对一处重要的考古遗址进行紧急抢救。这个快速的奖项支持收集关键但短暂的数据，玛雅世界有史以来最大的雕像工作室最近刚刚出土。这是一个值得科学研究的重要发现，原因有几个。在学术上，这是一个鲜为人知的地区，尽管它对墨西哥和中美洲的经济非常重要，因为它是玛雅人、阿兹特克人和其他中美洲尺子使用的大部分充满活力的绿色四角羽毛的来源。从伦理上讲，所有者希望保护这一发现并支持科学进步。这一紧急快速项目将提供一个坚实的框架，在此基础上测试西班牙人在经典玛雅人崩溃之前观察到的贸易路线和趋势的程度，并为经典玛雅人雕像的生产和交换提供一个详细的模型，从而提高与区域贸易和发展有关的考古发现的稳健性和可靠性。该项目通过国际科学合作改善科学基础设施。将通过各种手段进一步传播研究数据和成果，以提高对科学技术的理解。2018年5月，危地马拉科班市郊区的重型机械切开了一个大土丘，露出了数百个经典的玛雅小雕像模具、小雕像和香炉。承包商立即停止施工，并联系了地方当局，后者随后请来了布伦特·伍德菲尔博士来评估该工地的重要性。伍德菲尔博士和他的团队将研究制作雕像的技术，这种技术可以根据有限的考古数据与以前的模型进行测试。通过在基本不受干扰的状态下研究这个研讨会，他们将能够将小雕像的生产和交换与这里发生的其他经济活动联系起来，以及生产者与当地和遥远的中美洲团体保持的关系。在这个重要的地区，从来没有正式的考古项目，所以我们的大部分理解都是基于西班牙征服后关于当地玛雅人的有限的西班牙著作。通过检查雕像和其他考古材料，我们可以测试古典音乐崩溃和欧洲人到来导致的剧烈变化之前和之后的文化连续性程度。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。