An Archaeological Analysis of the Le Flageolet I Mammalian Fauna

格雷森博士和他的助手将分析从位于法国佩里戈尔地区的Le Flageolet I遗址出土的考古动物遗骸。经过多年的精心挖掘，发现了一系列叠加的文化层，其中有丰富的动物遗骸和石器。这些地层中有9层含有奥里尼亚纪和periigordian的文化材料，其中最早的大约有35000年的历史，因此可以追溯到最近的冰河时代的最后一部分。这些文化层记录了解剖学上现代人类在欧洲的首次出现。研究小组将用创新的技术分析这些动物遗骸，以确定这些旧石器时代的人们通过狩猎而不是食腐获得动物食物的程度。最近的争论认为，旧石器时代中期之前的人类依赖食腐来获取至少是大型哺乳动物的肉。这种观点认为，完全有效的狩猎直到大约35000年前才出现，这种能力作为标志着现代人类行为的复杂特征的一部分而出现。虽然研究了几个中旧石器时代的动物系列，但它们并没有回答这个问题，因为没有分析过年龄小于35000年的可比组合。这项研究将提供第一个这样的样本。这项研究很重要，因为它将增加我们对塑造人类发展的力量的理解。许多人类学家认为，人类是作为猎人进化而来的，而狩猎所必需的技能构成了人类行为的重要组成部分，并影响了人类行为的发展。另一些人则认为事实并非如此，这种狩猎是相对较近的事情。这项研究解决了这个问题，因此，应该阐明使我们成为人类的过程。

Dr. Grayson and his assistant will analyze archaeological faunal remains excavated from the site of Le Flageolet I, which is located in the Perigord region of France. Years of careful excavation at the site have revealed a series of superimposed cultural layers which are rich in animal remains as well as stone tools. Nine of these layers contain Aurignacian and Perigordian cultural materials, the earliest of which are approximately 35,000 years old, and thus, date to the last part of the most recent Ice Age. These cultural layers document the first appearance of anatomically modern humans in Europe. The team will analyze the faunal remains with innovative techniques to determine the extent to which these Paleolithic peoples obtained animal food through hunting as opposed to scavenging. Recent arguments maintain that the preceding Middle Paleolithic peoples were dependent on scavenging to obtain the flesh of at least larger mammals. This position holds that fully efficient hunting did not emerge until about 35,000 years ago and that this ability emerged as part of the complex of characteristics that marks behaviorally modern peoples. While several Middle Paleolithic faunal series have been studied, they do not answer the question because no comparable assemblages younger than 35,000 years have been analyzed. This research will provide the first such sample. This research is important because it will increase our understanding of the forces which shaped human development. Many anthropologists have argued that humans evolved as hunters and that the skills necessary to hunt form an essential part of human behavior and shaped its development. Others believe that such is not the case and that such hunting is relatively recent. This research addresses the issue and thus, should shed light on the process which made us human.