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

最近发现的新证据表明， 在非洲南部发现古代智人 在旧石器时代中期 这是许多年前， 现代人类在欧洲和亚洲的出现。 那里 也表明这些史前人 发达的觅食适应，以叶片和刺为特征， 比以前预期的石器。 在这个项目中，研究人员将分析空间 Zeekoe的旧石器时代中期猎人组织 南非的山谷。 她将分析这些变化 在上一次的定居模式中， 间冰期，并建立一个时间尺度和序列， 根据收集到的材料对石器设计的变化 从Driekoppen岩石庇护所和一系列露天场所。 该项目将使研究人员能够确定 工具类型是最具诊断性的时间标记 地区和时期。 建立区域 年表变得越来越重要 在古考古学中。 如果没有良好的时间控制， 关于现代人类的发展，我们知之甚少 文化

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.