Antarctica as a ‘natural laboratory’ for the critical assessment of the archaeological validity of early stone tool sites
Antarctica as a ‘natural laboratory’ for the critical assessment of the archaeological validity of early stone tool sites
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10.15184/aqy.2023.4
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2023-01
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1.8
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M. Eren;Michelle R. Bebber;Briggs Buchanan;A. Grunow;Alastair J. M. Key;S. Lycett;E. Maletic;T. Riley
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作者：
M. Eren;Michelle R. Bebber;Briggs Buchanan;A. Grunow;Alastair J. M. Key;S. Lycett;E. Maletic;T. Riley
摘要石器技术主导了对早期人类的理解，然而自然过程可以以类似于智人和其他灵长类动物制造的人工制品的方式破碎岩石。区分自然过程和灵长类动物造成的骨折对于评估早期和有争议的考古遗址的有效性非常重要。而不是依赖于专家权威或直觉，作者提出了贝壳状断裂南极岩石的零模型。由于没有灵长类动物曾经占据过南极洲，南极洲提供了一个实验室，用于生成只能自然破碎的样本。类似于灵长类动物制作的人工制品的例子说明了南极洲的“考古”研究对全球人类遗址评估的潜力。
Abstract Lithic technologies dominate understanding of early humans, yet natural processes can fracture rock in ways that resemble artefacts made by Homo sapiens and other primates. Differentiating between fractures made by natural processes and primates is important for assessing the validity of early and controversial archaeological sites. Rather than depend on expert authority or intuition, the authors propose a null model of conchoidally fractured Antarctic rocks. As no primates have ever occupied the continent, Antarctica offers a laboratory for generating samples that could only have been naturally fractured. Examples that resemble artefacts produced by primates illustrate the potential of ‘archaeological’ research in Antarctica for the evaluation of hominin sites worldwide.