Carrasco Vargas Ramón, López Verónica A Vázquez, Martin Simon
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Calle 59 #44, Col Centro Histórico, CP 24000, Campeche, Campeche, México.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 17;106(46):19245-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904374106. Epub 2009 Nov 9.
Research into ancient societies frequently faces a major challenge in accessing the lives of those who made up the majority of their populations, since the available evidence so often concerns only the ruling elite. Our excavations at the ancient Maya site of Calakmul, Mexico, have uncovered a "painted pyramid:" a structure decorated with murals depicting scenes of its inhabitants giving, receiving, and consuming diverse foods, as well as displaying and transporting other goods. Many are accompanied by hieroglyphic captions that describe the participants, and include spellings of key subsistence items. Collectively, they offer insights into the social mechanisms by which goods were circulated within major Maya centers.
对古代社会的研究在了解构成其人口大多数的人们的生活方面常常面临重大挑战，因为现有证据往往仅涉及统治精英阶层。我们在墨西哥卡拉科尔古代玛雅遗址的发掘工作发现了一座“彩绘金字塔”：该建筑装饰有壁画，描绘了其居民给予、接受和消费各种食物，以及展示和运输其他物品的场景。许多壁画配有象形文字说明，描述了参与者，并包含关键生活物资的拼写。这些壁画共同为了解玛雅主要中心内商品流通的社会机制提供了见解。
