Starch and Charcoal: Useful Measures of Activity Areas in Archaeological Rockshelters
Starch and Charcoal: Useful Measures of Activity Areas in Archaeological Rockshelters
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DOI：
10.1006/jasc.2001.0700
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发表时间：
2002-02
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
J. Balme;Wendy Beck
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作者：
J. Balme;Wendy Beck
对考古材料的空间排列进行现场研究，以解释活动区域的结构，是考古学的一个重要方面。由于沉积后的过程使这些物质从原来的位置移动，因此在解释居住在该地点的人类对空间的利用之前，必须评估这些过程的影响。在这项研究中，我们的结论是，大部分的沉积物淀粉和木炭从砂岩岩石庇护所在新南威尔士州来自一个文化来源。对该遗址的七个物理特征对淀粉和木炭遗骸水平分布的影响进行的评估表明，至少在这个岩石掩体中，与它们对石制品的影响不同，这些特征并没有掩盖该遗址原始分布的一般模式。因此，分布模式可以被解释为过去人类利用空间的岩石庇护所的代表。
Intrasite studies of the spatial arrangements of archaeological materials to interpret structures in activity areas is an important facet of archaeology. As post-depositional processes move these materials from their original position it is imperative that the effect of these processes are evaluated before interpretations about the use of space by humans living at the site are made. In this study we conclude that most of the sediment starch and charcoal from a sandstone rockshelter in New South Wales derives from a cultural source. An evaluation of the effect of seven physical characteristics of the site on the horizontal distribution of the starch and charcoal remains suggests that, at least at this rockshelter, and unlike their effect on stone artefacts, these characteristics have not obscured the general pattern of original distribution at the site. The distribution pattern can, therefore, be interpreted as representative of past human use of space at the rockshelter.