Dissertation Research: Early Paleolithic Technology in Chinaand India

与西欧相比，东亚和南亚的旧石器时代被认为是一个文化落后的地区，因为缺乏关于早期人类使用工具的证据和长期以来的假设。为了验证这一观点，需要早期亚洲工具组合的变异范围的信息。在这个项目中，研究人员将研究来自中国和印度八个遗址的旧石器时代石器组合的技术和类型特征。将收集有关制造技术和使用的数据，以及影响组装的因素，如原材料的可用性。将进行重复实验。这个项目将有助于建立一个非常需要的基础，以确定南亚和东亚在中更新世期间的人类技术和行为的变异性和推论。

The Paleolithic period in eastern and southern Asia has been labeled as an area of cultural retardation compared to Western Europe because of a lack of evidence and long-held assumptions about early human tool use. Needed to test this idea is information on the range of variation in early Asian tool assemblages. In this project, the researcher will study the technological and typological characteristics of Paleolithic stone tool assemblages from eight sites in China and India. Data will be collected on manufacturing techniques and use, as well as factors affecting the assemblages such as raw material availability. Replication experiments will be conducted. This project will help establish a much needed basis for identifying variability and inferences about human technology and behavior in south and east Asia during the Middle Pleistocene.