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.

该操作允许菲利普斯博士和Gladfelter完成 瓦迪费兰地区四个遗址的考古发掘 位于埃及西奈半岛南部。 此前， 美国国家科学基金会两季支持这一领域的研究，并找到了一个 覆盖时间跨度较长的站点数量。 所有研究中心日期 到旧石器时代晚期， 除了植物和动物的材料之外。 分析 这些遗迹，再加上地质工作， 调查人员重建环境期间， 并确定旧石器时代晚期的猎人和 采集者利用了它。因为有几个地点代表了 露营地，应该可以重建空间 活动的分布，并获得一些洞察社会 organization. 旧石器时代晚期标志着解剖学上 现代人以及艺术等文化元素。 证据似乎表明从尼安德特人到 现代人类的灭绝可能发生在近东， 考古学家对记录这种转变很感兴趣 并确定其原因。这项研究将有助于 实现这一目标。