まとめ
古代マヤの定住地は,内蔵された六角形のパターンに基づく領土組織を明らかにし,四つの主要な地域首都が五層の行政階層を導く. この構造は,実用的なニーズと宇宙学的な信念をバランスとしていた.
科学分野:
- 考古学考古学とは
- アントロポロジー人類学
- 決済パターン分析 決済パターン分析
背景:
- 古代マヤの社会政治構造は,階層の上層から下層まで検討される.
- この研究は,最小の定住単位であるハムレットから始まり,地域組織に焦点を移します.
研究 の 目的:
- 古代マヤ人の定住地の地域組織を,下から上へとまとめます.
- マヤの中心 (ハムレット,三次,二次,初等) の異なるレベル間の空間的関係を分析する.
- マヤの宇宙学と実践的な定住パターンの統合を探求する.
主な方法:
- 村のレベルから始まり,より大きな儀式的-市民的センターに移動する入植パターンの分析.
- 居住地間の空間的分布と階層的関係に関する調査.
- 考古学調査データと表記的および民族学的証拠の統合.
主要な成果:
- マヤ人の定住地は,三次中心,二次中心,初次中心の六角格子状の格子格子で編成されていた.
- 首都,二次中心,三次中心,村,小村という5つの階層の行政階層が存在していた.
- 四つの主要なセンターは,実際の地理に関係なく,四つの象限という宇宙学的概念に整合した地域首都として機能しました.
結論:
- 古代マヤ人は,コアとバッファーゾーンのモデルではなく,四部分の領土組織を使用しました.
- 定住パターンは,宇宙学的な4つの部分の分割と共存した機能的な格子構造を示しています.
- 王朝間の結婚同盟は,農民との親族関係ではなく,結びついたセンターです.
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