Natural and Cultural Spatial Patterning in the Late Holocene Deposits of Shum Laka Rock Shelter, Cameroon
Natural and Cultural Spatial Patterning in the Late Holocene Deposits of Shum Laka Rock Shelter, Cameroon
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喀麦隆舒姆拉卡岩石保护区全新世晚期沉积物的自然和文化空间格局
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2000
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E. Cornelissen
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P. Lavachery;E. Cornelissen
摘要岩石庇护所，往往包含了厚厚的积累文化碎片的重复占领，是最翔实的考古遗址在西非的森林地带。然而，它们经常受到人类和自然过程的干扰。在Shum Laka岩石避难所进行的广泛挖掘为喀麦隆西北部的Grassfields提供了一个长期的文化序列。最顶层，晚全新世沉积物，分析自然和文化的空间格局，通过地貌分析，详尽的14C测年，并分析石器和陶器改装的空间分布相结合。我们确定了沉积后的干扰，并首次重建了一个可靠的文化序列的草场在晚全新世。最后，我们讨论了几内亚湾沿着地区从晚石器时代到铁器时代的过渡。
Abstract Rock shelters, often containing thick accumulations of cultural debris from repeated occupation, are the most informative archaeological sites in the forest zone of west Africa. They are, however, frequently disturbed by human and natural processes. Extensive excavations at Shum Laka rock shelter yielded a long cultural sequence for the Grassfields in NW Cameroon. The topmost, Late Holocene deposits, are analyzed for natural and cultural spatial patterning through a combination of geomorphic analysis, exhaustive 14C dating, and analysis of spatial distribution of lithic artifacts and pottery refits. we identified post-depositional disturbances and reconstructed for the first time a reliable cultural sequence for the Grassfields during the Late Holocene. Finally, we discuss the transition from the Late Stone Age to the Iron Age in the area along the Gulf of Guinea.