Domestic and Political Lives of the Classic Maya Elites: Subvention for the Aguateca Monographs

在国家科学基金会的支持下，猪又武博士和丹尼尔特里亚丹博士将发表1996年至2003年阿瓜特卡考古项目第一阶段期间进行的考古调查结果。在位于危地马拉佩滕西部的经典玛雅遗址阿瓜特卡，对一个精英住宅区和皇家宫殿进行了广泛的挖掘，发现了一个罕见的公元810年左右迅速被遗弃的案例。在玛雅低地，由于这种遗弃而产生的原地人工制品组合是前所未有的。这些遗迹生动地展现了古典玛雅人的生活。为了传播这些重要数据，Inomata和Triadan将编写一个三卷本的专著系列，由犹他州大学出版社出版。国家科学基金会将提供一笔补助金，专门用于支持出版《2001年世界卫生组织报告》和《2003年世界卫生组织报告》。（第2卷，报告青山一夫博士的石器分析结果，已获得日本科学促进会的资助）阿瓜特卡项目第一阶段的调查提供了对精英家庭组织、性别角色、权力关系、古典玛雅宫廷组织、工艺生产、仪式、皇家象征和战争的新见解。尽管项目成员在许多期刊文章和书籍章节中发表了这些发现，但他们只报告了一小部分原始数据。将这些丰富的数据提供给学术界和公众至关重要。一份详细的、插图精美的阿瓜特卡数据出版物将为学者们提供未来几十年各种研究的基础。印刷媒体比数字格式更适合发布Aguateca数据所呈现的丰富背景和文化信息。此外，印刷书籍将确保这些重要数据可以长期获得。然而，由于制作成本高，许多出版社现在不愿意出版数据量大的报告。NSF的资助将允许以理想的印刷形式出版Aguateca材料。鉴于NSF和其他资助机构在Aguateca项目中投入了大量资金，出版结果所需的相对较少的资金是对NSF资金的特别有效的利用。在更大的范围内，丰富的信息，日常生活和宫廷活动，在经典玛雅社会提出的这本出版物将提供一个宝贵的资源，本科生和研究生教育，并推广到公众。项目成果的最后公布也将确保该地区这一宝贵的文化遗产将传承给后代。

With support from the National Science Foundation, Drs. Takeshi Inomata and Daniel Triadan will publish the results of archaeological investigations conducted during the first phase of the Aguateca Archaeological Project from 1996 through 2003. Extensive excavations in an elite residential area and the royal palace at the Classic Maya site of Aguateca, located in the western Peten, Guatemala, uncovered a rare case of rapid abandonment around AD 810. In situ artifact assemblages which resulted from this abandonment are unprecedented in the Maya lowlands. These remains present vivid images of Classic Maya life. To disseminate these important data, Inomata and Triadan will compile a three-volume monograph series to be published from the University of Utah Press. A subvention from the NSF will specifically support the publication of Volumes 1 and 3. (Volume 2, reporting the results of the lithic analyses by Dr. Kazuo Aoyama, has received a subvention from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science).Investigations during the first phase of the Aguateca Project have provided new insights into elite household organization, gender roles, power relations, Classic Maya court organization, craft production, rituals, royal symbolism, and warfare. Although project members have published these findings in numerous journal articles and book chapters, they report only a small fraction of the primary data. It is critical to make these rich data available to the scholarly community and to the general public. A detailed, well-illustrated publication of the Aguateca data will serve scholars as a basis of diverse lines of research for decades to come. Print media is more adequate than digital formats for the publication of the rich contextual and cultural information that the Aguateca data present. In addition, printed books will assure that these important data will be accessible for a long term. However, many presses are now reluctant to publish data-heavy reports because of high production costs. The grant from the NSF will allow the publication of Aguateca materials in ideal print forms. Given the large amount of funds that were invested in the Aguateca Project by the NSF and other granting agencies, the relatively small amount necessary for the publication of the results is a particularly effective use of NSF funds. On a larger scale, the rich information on daily life and courtly activities in Classic Maya society presented by this publication will provide a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate education and for outreach to the public. The final publication of the project results will also ensure that this invaluable cultural heritage of the region will be passed on to future generations.