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

温斯洛普大学的布伦特伍德菲尔博士将对一个重要的考古遗址进行紧急抢救。这个RAPID奖支持收集关键但短暂的数据，其中玛雅世界有史以来最大的雕像工作室最近刚刚出土。 这是一个重要的发现，值得科学研究，原因有几个。 从学术上讲，这是一个鲜为人知的地区，尽管它对墨西哥和中美洲经济的重要性，作为玛雅，阿兹特克和其他中美洲统治者使用的充满活力的绿色绿咬鹃羽毛的最大份额的来源。从道德上讲，所有者希望保护这一发现并支持科学进步。这个紧急的RAPID项目将提供一个坚实的框架，以测试西班牙人观察到的贸易路线和趋势在古典玛雅崩溃之前的存在程度，并为古典玛雅雕像的生产和交换提供详细的模型，从而提高与区域贸易和发展有关的考古发现的鲁棒性和可靠性。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研究结果，以提高对科学和技术的了解。2018年5月，危地马拉科班市郊区的重型机械切割成一个大型土丘，露出数百个经典玛雅雕像模具，小雕像和香炉。 承包商立即停止施工，并联系了地方当局，后者又请来了布伦特伍德菲尔博士来评估该地点的重要性。 伍德菲尔博士和他的团队将研究小雕像的制作技术，这些技术可以根据有限的考古数据与以前的模型进行测试。 通过在基本上未受干扰的状态下研究这个车间，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群体保持的关系。 在这个重要的地区从来没有正式的考古项目，所以我们的大部分了解都是基于西班牙征服后关于当地玛雅人的有限西班牙著作。 通过研究雕像和其他考古材料，我们可以测试在古典崩溃和欧洲人到来所造成的剧烈变化之前和之后的文化连续性程度。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。

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.