Expansion of the Arizona State University Teotihuacan Storage Facility

墨西哥盆地，今天的墨西哥城所在地，2000年来一直是世界上城市化程度最高的地方之一，也是研究州和城市起源和发展的关键地区。墨西哥盆地的定居模式调查由博士领导。杰弗里·帕森斯（密歇根大学）和威廉·t·桑德斯（宾夕法尼亚州立大学）是现代考古学中最重要的区域研究之一。这项调查为中美洲其他地区的区域定居模式项目提供了一个模型，包括迈克尔·史密斯对莫雷洛斯州尤特佩克山谷的调查。该项目将为未来的科学研究整理、保存和提供更多的调查资料。墨西哥盆地和尤特佩克的调查共记录了4500多个遗址，包括阿兹特克帝国的核心。此后，许多遗址因城市发展和农业活动而变得模糊不清或遭到破坏。考古收藏品的维护是至关重要的，因为它们包括发掘和调查的物质记录，本身就是人类过去考古记录的一部分。人工制品的收集和记录是用新方法和新技术进行科学研究的持续数据库。对藏品的分析也可以保护和帮助管理未来调查的地点。在墨西哥中部，城市的发展、建设和其他土地利用的变化已经破坏或掩盖了许多前西班牙和早期殖民时期的遗址，使这些藏品变得不可替代。达特茅斯学院的Deborah Nichols博士和亚利桑那州立大学的同事们将提供调查收集的长期访问和管理，作为不可替代的科学数据。在亚利桑那州立大学特奥蒂瓦坎研究实验室开发存储空间，以存档那里的藏品，以供未来的研究和教育；2. 组织和创建墨西哥盆地地面文物收藏目录；和3。将调查所得的文物与亚利桑那州立大学特奥蒂瓦坎研究实验室的主要藏品库存相结合，以促进未来的研究。对这些藏品进行归档和分析，解决了国家科学基金会确定的几个优先领域的问题。这个项目将加强研究和教育的基础设施。该项目的主要目标是通过在一个已建立的机构中开发空间来容纳墨西哥盆地和尤特佩克山谷的考古调查收藏品，并使其成为未来研究和教育的关键科学数据。这个项目将提高公众对科学的理解。这些数据记录了人类社会中具有广泛公众利益的重大历史变化：农业的采用和乡村生活方式的建立，墨西哥中部第一批城市和国家的形成，以及帝国的“兴衰”。拟议的工作还将增加不同类别的人对科学的参与。对调查数据和收集的分析为学生和早期职业考古学家提供了许多教育机会，包括美国、墨西哥和其他外国人员；女人和男人；以及许多获得美国保护的少数族裔身份的人。来自调查的信息也用于遗产。策划，以及博物馆展览。随着亚利桑那州立大学特奥蒂瓦坎研究实验室提供的藏品的更好访问，这些公共宣传活动将继续并得到加强。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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，被认为值得支持。

The Basin of Mexico, today home to Mexico City, has been one of the most urbanized places in the world for 2,000 years and is a key region to investigate the origins and development of states and cities. The Basin of Mexico settlement pattern survey led by Drs. Jeffrey Parsons (University of Michigan) and William T. Sanders (Penn State) stands as one of the most important regional studies of modern archaeology. The survey has served as a model for regional settlement pattern projects in other parts of Mesoamerica, including Michael Smith's survey of the Yautepec Valley in Morelos. This project will organize, conserve, and make more accessible the survey collections for future scientific research. The Basin of Mexico and Yautepec surveys together recorded over 4,500 sites, including in the core of the Aztec empire. Many of the sites have since been obscured or destroyed by urban growth and agricultural activities. The maintenance of archaeological collections is crucial as they comprise the material record of excavations and surveys and are themselves part of the archaeological record of the human past. Artifact collections and records are an on-going database for scientific studies with new methods and techniques. Analysis of collections also can conserve and help manage sites for future investigations. In Central Mexico urban growth, construction, and other land use changes have destroyed or obscured many prehispanic and Early Colonial sites, making these collections irreplaceable. Dr. Deborah Nichols, Dartmouth College and colleagues from Arizona State University will provide for the long-term access and management of the survey collections as irreplaceable scientific data by 1. Developing storage space at the ASU Teotihuacan Research Laboratory to archive the collections there for future research and education; 2. Organizing and creating a catalog of the collections of surface artifacts from the Basin of Mexico; and 3. Integrating the artifacts from the surveys with the master collections inventory of the ASU Teotihuacan Research Lab to facilitate future research.Archiving and analyzing the collections addresses several areas identified by the National Science Foundation as priorities. This project will enhance the infrastructure for research and education. The primary goal of this project is preserving and making more accessible archaeological survey collections from the Basin of Mexico and the Yautepec Valley as key scientific data for future research and education, by developing space to house them at an established institution. This project will improve the public understanding of science. These data document major historical changes in human societies of broad public interest: the adoption of agriculture and establishment of village lifeway, the formation of the first cities and states in Central Mexico, and the "rise and fall" of empires. The proposed work will also increase the participation of diverse categories of people in science. Analyses of the survey data and collections have provided numerous educational opportunities for students and early career archaeologists, including U.S., Mexican, and other foreign personnel; women and men; and many individuals with U.S. protected minority status. Information from the surveys also is used in heritage. planning, and museum exhibitions. These public outreach activities will be continued and enhanced with the better access to the collections provided by the ASU Teotihuacan Research Lab.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.