Dissertation Research: Innovation During the Early Upper Paleolithic

论文研究：旧石器时代晚期早期的创新

• 批准号: 8711320
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-10-01 至 1989-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8711320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Innovation; During; Early

Technological innovation first becomes apparent in the archaeological record in the Upper Paleolithic. This can be seen in the remains of bone and antler projectile points. This project will focus on processes of technological change by studying functional continuities and developments in projectile points during the early Upper Paleolithic in Belgium, Germany, France, and Spain. Specifically the student will look at manufacturing strategies, morphology, and patterns of wear on tools. While the cultural and biological changes surrounding the Middle/Upper Paleolithic transition have recently been the focus of extensive archaeological inquiry, to date anthropologists have devoted little attention to patterns, structures, and processes of early technological innovation and invention. This study will go beyond traditional uses of bone and antler projectile points as chronological markers and will enable scholars to discuss the role of technological styles during the Upper Paleolithic. This research involves new methods of investigation and will result in new information on early Upper Paleolithic technology. In addition, the use of the concept of innovation to explain the technological changes connected with early Homo sapiens sapiens will shed new light on the emergence of modern human beings.

技术创新首先体现在 旧石器时代晚期的考古记录。 这可以看作 骨头和鹿角的残留物中找到了 这 项目将侧重于技术变革进程， 研究射弹中的泛函连续性和发展 比利时、德国、 法国和西班牙。 具体来说，学生将查看 制造策略、形态和磨损模式 工具. 虽然围绕着人类的文化和生物变化 旧石器时代中晚期过渡是近年来研究的热点 经过广泛的考古调查，迄今为止，人类学家 很少关注模式、结构和过程 早期的技术创新和发明。 本研究将 超越了传统的骨头和鹿角发射点的用途， 作为时间标记，并将使学者们能够讨论 旧石器时代晚期技术风格的作用。 这项研究涉及新的调查方法， 从而获得旧石器时代早期技术的新信息。 另外，运用创新的概念来解释 与早期智人有关的技术变化 将为现代人类的出现提供新的线索