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

经典玛雅精英的家庭和政治生活：对阿瓜特卡专着的资助

• 批准号: 0836904
• 负责人: Takeshi Inomata
• 金额: $ 1.26万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-02-01 至 2010-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0836904&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Domestic; Political; Lives; Classic; Maya

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.

在国家科学基金会的支持下，博士。 Takeshi Inomata 和 Daniel Triadan 将公布 1996 年至 2003 年阿瓜特卡考古项目第一阶段进行的考古调查结果。对位于西部的阿瓜特卡经典玛雅遗址的精英住宅区和王宫进行了广泛的发掘。危地马拉佩滕发现了公元 810 年左右快速遗弃的罕见案例。由此产生的原位文物组合玛雅低地的遗弃现象是史无前例的。这些遗迹展现了经典玛雅生活的生动形象。为了传播这些重要数据，Inomata 和 Triadan 将编写一个三卷本系列专着，由犹他大学出版社出版。 NSF 的资助将专门支持第 1 卷和第 3 卷的出版。（第 2 卷报告了 Kazuo Aoyama 博士的岩屑分析结果，已获得日本学术振兴会的资助）。期间的调查阿瓜特卡项目的第一阶段为精英家庭组织、性别角色、权力关系、经典玛雅宫廷组织、手工艺生产、仪式、皇室象征和战争提供了新的见解。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，但他们只报告了原始数据的一小部分。向学术界和公众提供这些丰富的数据至关重要。详细、插图清晰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阿瓜特卡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访问。然而，由于制作成本高昂，许多媒体现在不愿发布数据量大的报告。 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 项目上投入了大量资金，公布结果所需的相对较少的资金是 NSF 资金的特别有效的利用。从更大的范围来看，该出版物提供了有关古典玛雅社会日常生活和宫廷活动的丰富信息，将为本科生和研究生教育以及向公众宣传提供宝贵的资源。项目成果的最终公布也将确保该地区这一宝贵的文化遗产能够传承给子孙后代。