Dissertation Research: Middle Paleolithic Technology in A Semi-Desert Habitat

论文研究：半沙漠栖息地的旧石器时代中期技术

• 批准号: 8807981
• 负责人: C. Garth Sampson
• 金额: $ 0.63万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-15 至 1989-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8807981&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Middle; Paleolithic; Technology

New evidence has been discovered recently that indicates the presence of archaic Homo sapiens sapiens in southern Africa during the Middle Paleolithic. This is many years before the appearance of modern human beings in Europe and Asia. There are also indications that these prehistoric peoples had a more developed foraging adaptation characterized by blade and burin stone tools than had previously been expected. During this project, the researcher will analyze the spatial organization of Middle Paleolithic hunters in the Zeekoe valley of South Africa. She will analyze the changes in settlement pattern that occurred during the last Interglacial and establish a time scale and sequence of changes in stone tool design based on materials collected from the Driekoppen Rockshelter and a series of open air sites. This project will enable the researcher to establish which tool types are the most diagnostic time-markers for this region and period. The establishment of regional chronologies is becoming increasingly important in paleoarchaeology. Without good chronological controls, little can be said about the development of modern human culture.

最近发现的新证据表明，在旧石器时代中期，南部非洲就存在远古智人。 这比现代人类在欧洲和亚洲出现要早很多年。 还有迹象表明，这些史前民族比以前预期的具有更发达的觅食适应能力，以刀片和刻刀石器为特征。 在这个项目中，研究人员将分析南非 Zeekoe 山谷旧石器时代中期猎人的空间组织。 她将分析上一次间冰期期间发生的聚落模式的变化，并根据从 Driekoppen Rockshelter 和一系列露天场所收集的材料确定石器设计变化的时间尺度和顺序。 该项目将使研究人员能够确定哪些工具类型对该地区和时期最具诊断性的时间标记。 区域年代学的建立在古考古学中变得越来越重要。 如果没有良好的时间顺序控制，现代人类文化的发展就无从谈起。