Prehistoric Subsistence Strategies in the Sinai Desert

西奈沙漠的史前生存策略

• 批准号: 8720253
• 负责人: James Phillips
• 金额: $ 8.49万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-03-01 至 1991-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8720253&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Prehistoric; Subsistence; Strategies; Sinai; Desert

This action permits Drs. Phillips and Gladfelter to complete archaeological excavation at four sites in the Wadi Feiran area of the Southern Sinai in Egypt. They have previously conducted two seasons of NSF supported research in this area and located a number of sites which cover a long span of time. All sites date to the Upper Paleolithic period and contain not only lithic remains but floral and faunal materials as well. Analysis of these remains, coupled with geological work will permit the investigators to reconstruct the environment over the period of occupation and determine how the Upper Paleolithic hunters and gatherers utilized it. Because several of the sites represent camping places, it should be possible to reconstruct the spacial distribution of activities and gain some insight into social organization. The Upper Paleolithic period marks the appearance of anatomically modern human beings as well as cultural elements such as art. Evidence seems to indicate that the transition from Neanderthal to modern human may have occurred in the Near East and archaeologists are interested in documenting this transformation and determining the cause of it. This research will help to achieve that goal.

这一行动允许博士。菲利普斯和格拉德菲尔特将在埃及西奈半岛南部瓦迪费兰地区的四个地点完成考古发掘。 他们此前已在该领域进行了两季国家科学基金会支持的研究，并定位了多个时间跨度较长的地点。 所有遗址均可追溯到旧石器时代晚期，不仅包含石器遗迹，还包含花卉和动物材料。 对这些遗迹的分析加上地质工作将使调查人员能够重建占领时期的环境，并确定旧石器时代晚期的狩猎者和采集者如何利用它。 由于其中几个地点代表露营地，因此应该可以重建活动的空间分布并深入了解社会组织。 旧石器时代晚期标志着解剖学上现代人类以及艺术等文化元素的出现。 有证据似乎表明，从尼安德特人到现代人类的转变可能发生在近东，考古学家有兴趣记录这种转变并确定其原因。 这项研究将有助于实现这一目标。