Research Planning Grant: Location and Assessment of Postclassic Belize Maya Settlement

这一行动为弗雷德·温多夫博士在埃及西奈沙漠的考古研究提供了补充资金。他们将允许他检修两辆研究车，这两辆车将用于对El-Gorafi盆地进行考古调查。该地区的遗址可能代表了埃及最古老的农业村庄，埃及是文明的主要摇篮。干旱沙漠地区的建筑保存得非常完好。与这些遗址相关的文化材料似乎与在黎凡特和尼罗河谷发现的不同。它们可能会为研究西奈沙漠和埃及的史前史提供一个全新的视角。有些地点位于即将被夷为平地并开垦为农业用地的地方。另一些位于可能建立新定居点的地区，而那些没有被住房摧毁的地区可能会被抢去建造石头。将这些材料记录下来并进行挖掘是很重要的。这些数据将引起许多考古学家的兴趣，并为复杂社会的兴起提供新的线索。

This action provides supplementary funds for Dr. Fred Wendorf's archaeological research in the Sinai Desert of Egypt. They will permit him to overhaul two research vehicles which will be used to conduct an archaeological survey of the El-Gorafi Basin. The sites in this region may represent the oldest agricultural villages in Egypt, a major cradle of civilization. The architecture in the dry desertic region is extremely well-preserved. The cultural materials associated with the sites appear to be different from those found in the Levant and in the Nile Valley. They may open a completely new perspective on the prehistory of the Sinai Desert and Egypt. Some of the sites are situated in localities which will soon be leveled and reclaimed for agriculture. Others are in areas where new settlements are likely to be placed and those which are not destroyed by housing will likely be robbed for building stone. It is important that these materials be recorded and that excavation take place. These data will be of interest to many archaeologists and shed new light on the rise of complex societies.