Early herders and monumental sites in eastern Africa: dating and interpretation
Early herders and monumental sites in eastern Africa: dating and interpretation
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东非的早期牧民和纪念性遗址：约会和解释
DOI：
10.1017/s0003598x00062803
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
K. Grillo
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文献类型：
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作者：
E. Hildebrand;K. Grillo
利用挖掘和放射性碳年代测定，作者表明，巨石柱状遗址的建造始于公元前五千年的东非，与该地区最早的牧群是同时代的。流动牧民和/或狩猎采集者在经济和社会变化的动态背景下建造和使用这些地点。我们更熟悉纪念碑作为谷物种植者的附属机构--但这项研究证明了早期放牧和纪念碑之间的关系，与其他地方更早时期的耕作前纪念碑明显相关。
Using excavation and radiocarbon dating, the authors show that construction of megalithic pillar sites begins in eastern Africa by the fifth millennium BP, and is contemporary with the earliest herding in the region. Mobile herders and/or hunter-gatherers built and used these sites in a dynamic context of economic and social change. We are more familiar with monumentality as an adjunct of cereal cultivators—but this study demonstrates a relationship between early herding and monuments, with clear relevance to pre-cultivation monumentality of very much earlier periods elsewhere.