Dissertation Research: Archaeological Settlement Patterns of the Sola Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico

Feinman 在加里·费曼博士的指导下，安德鲁·费曼斯基先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将对位于墨西哥瓦哈卡的索拉山谷进行考古调查。虽然该地区的工作做得很少，但已知它包含几个大型遗址，包括土墩建筑和雕刻的石碑。Mr. Rehansky和助手们的目标是100%覆盖谷底。所有遗址将被定位，陶瓷和石器等表面文物将被恢复。在此基础上，将有可能重建山谷的人口历史，并确定定居点和政治组织如何随着时间的推移而变化。 瓦哈卡地区对考古学家来说很重要，因为史前国家以阿尔班山为中心，并在那里兴起。考古学家希望了解复杂的社会是如何产生的，通过对阿尔班山遗址的广泛研究，现在可以详细追踪这个核心的发展。然而，也有必要了解这个国家是如何扩大的，要做到这一点，必须看看外围地区，如索拉山谷。Mr. Ragansky将进行的研究将为国家形成的过程以及国家扩张和新地区合并所采用的战略提供新的启示。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将为复杂社会的崛起提供新的视角。它将提供许多考古学家感兴趣的数据，并协助培训一名有前途的年轻科学家。

Feinman Under the direction of Dr. Gary Feinman, Mr Andrew Balkansky will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will conduct an archaeological survey of the Sola Valley which is located in Oaxaca Mexico. While very little work has been done in the region, it is known to contain several large sites which include mounded architecture and carved stelae. Mr. Balkansky and assistants will aim for 100% coverage of the valley floor. All sites will be located and surface artifacts such as ceramics and stone tools will be recovered. On this basis it will be possible to reconstruct the population history of the valley and determine how settlement and political organization changed over time. The Oaxaca region is important to archaeologists because of the prehistoric state which was centered at Monte Alban and which arose there. Archaeologists wish to understand how complex societies arise and through extensive research at the Monte Alban site it is now possible to trace the development at this core in some detail. However it is also necessary to understand how this state expanded and to do this one must look at peripheral areas such as the Sola Valley. The research which Mr. Balkansky will conduct will shed new light on the process of state formation and the strategies employed for state expansion and incorporation of new regions. This research is important for several reasons. It will shed new light on the rise of complex societies. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists and assist in the training of a promising young scientist.