Doctoral Dissertation Research: Architectural Variability and Community Organization at Xculoc, Campeche, Mexico

Christopher Dore先生将在James Boone博士的指导下为他的博士论文收集数据。他将在墨西哥坎佩切州Puuc地区的玛雅村庄Xculoc工作，并收集信息，使他能够将行为与建筑环境联系起来。Xculoc的居民遵循传统的生存方式，这项工作的结果将适用于过去和现在类似的中美洲村庄。多尔先生将获得航拍照片，并用它们绘制一幅村庄地图。所有的结构都会被记录下来。然后他将列出与每个相关的工件。为了完成他研究的第一部分，他将注意到使用每种结构的个人，并收集有关他们的人口统计信息。这将包括社会经济地位等变量。研究的第二阶段包括行为分析，其中将采用采样技术将行为与建筑环境联系起来。这样就有可能确定这两个变量是如何相互作用的。在中美洲，以及世界上许多其他地方，考古学家经常挖掘出与Xculoc大致相同规模的史前村庄。房屋和其他建筑特征的遗迹以及人工制品经常被恢复，利用这些数据，人们试图重建居民的行为。人们经常做出假设：例如，通常认为地位越高的人住的房子越大。然而，从来没有人在可以直接观察到行为和结构的受控环境中研究过这些问题。多尔的研究将开始填补这一空白。这项工作之所以重要，有几个原因。Xculoc位于一个有许多大型史前遗址的地区，多尔收集的数据与对这些遗址的解释直接相关。在更广泛的范围内，他所建立的一般方法工具将在许多没有直接历史联系的考古情况下发挥作用。最后，这个项目将有助于培养一位非常有前途的年轻科学家。

Under the direction of Dr. James Boone, Mr. Christopher Dore will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will work in the Mayan village of Xculoc, located in the Puuc region of Campeche Mexico and will collect information which will allow him to link behavior to the built environment. The inhabitants of Xculoc follow a traditional subsistence way of life and the results of this work will be applicable to similar Mesoamerican villages, both past and present. Mr. Dore will obtain aerial photographs and use them to construct a village map. All structures will be noted. He will then list artifacts associated with each. To complete this first part of his research, he will note the individuals who use each structure and collect demographic information about them. This will include such variables as socioeconomic status. The second stage of the research consists of a behavioral analysis where a sampling technique will be employed to relate behavior to the built environment. In this way it will be possible to determine how these two variables interact. In Middle America, as well as many other parts of the world, archaeologists often excavate prehistoric villages of roughly the same scale as Xculoc. Remains of houses and other architectural features, as well as artifacts are often recovered and with these data, an attempt is made to reconstruct inhabitants' behavior. Assumptions are often made: for example, it is usually stated that higher status people have larger dwellings. However, no one has ever examined such issues in a controlled circumstance where both behavior and structures can be directly observed. Mr. Dore's research will begin to fill this gap. The work is important for several reasons. Xculoc is located in a region with many large prehistoric sites and the data Mr. Dore collects is directly relevant to their interpretation. On a broader scale, the general methodological tools which he forges will be useful in many archaeological situations where no direct historic link exists. Finally, this project will assist in the training of an extremely promising young scientist.