Dissertation Research: Technological Organization and Variability in the Middle Paleolithic of Southwest Asia

论文研究：西南亚旧石器时代中期的技术组织和变异

• 批准号: 8921863
• 负责人: Geoffrey Clark
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-01-01 至 1992-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8921863&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Technological; Organization; Variability

Under the direction of Dr. Geoffrey Clark, Mr. John Lindly will analyze stone tools recovered from archaeological sites in Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Iran. These materials are located in U.S. museums and Mr. Lindly will spend time working in each. The study will provide the data for his doctoral dissertation. Lithic materials from 17 sites, all dating to the Middle Paleolithic period, will be analyzed. Mr. Lindly will focus not on formal retouched tools but rather the debitage - the incidental by-products of stone tool production. A number of measures and observations will be standardized and recorded and this will permit reconstruction of manufacturing processes used. With this information it will then be possible to trace changes in technology across both time and space. The basic question Mr. Lindly wishes to examine concerns the development of anatomically modern humans. Evidence indicates that during the Middle Palaeolithic the first such individuals appeared in the Near East. Data also suggests that for many millennia these individuals coexisted with more archaic Neanderthal forms. Mr. Lindly's study will determine whether two technological traditions, which may then be associated with physical variants, also existed. This research is important for several reasons. It will shed light into the origin of modern humans. The analytic techniques developed should also be useful in many archaeological situations. Finally, the project will assist in the development of an extremely promising young scientist.

在杰弗里·克拉克博士的指导下，约翰·林德利先生将分析从以色列、约旦、伊拉克和伊朗的考古遗址中发现的石器。这些材料都在美国的博物馆里，林德利会花时间在每个博物馆里工作。这项研究将为他的博士论文提供数据。来自17个遗址的石质材料将被分析，这些材料都可以追溯到旧石器时代中期。林德利将不会把重点放在经过正式修饰的工具上，而是关注石材工具生产的附带副产品--废品。将对一些措施和观察结果进行标准化和记录，这将使所使用的制造工艺得以重建。有了这些信息，就有可能追踪跨越时间和空间的技术变化。林德利先生想要研究的基本问题与解剖学上的现代人的发展有关。有证据表明，在旧石器时代中期，第一批这样的人出现在近东。数据还表明，数千年来，这些个体与更古老的尼安德特人形式共存。林德利的研究将确定是否存在两种技术传统，这两种传统可能会与物理变异联系在一起。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将揭示现代人的起源。开发的分析技术在许多考古情况下也应该是有用的。最后，该项目将有助于培养一位非常有前途的年轻科学家。