Middle Paleolithic Adaptations in Jordan

在国家科学基金会的支持下，杰弗里博士 克拉克将挖掘一个分层很深的考古遗址， Difla位于约旦中西部。 先前的工作表明， 连续的地层中有丰富的动物遗迹和石头 与莫斯特文化有关的工具。 博士 克拉克将继续在那里挖掘，以收集大量样本 文化和动物的遗迹。 使用 他希望通过热释光技术获得 燃烧的燧石 有了这些数据，他将能够 重建连续的环境，并显示如何Mousterian 文化随着时间的推移而发展，并适应这些变化。 这一地区和时间段是伟大的考古 因为化石似乎表明， 早期现代人和更古老的 尼安德特人的形态。 目前尚不清楚何时何地解剖 现代人最早出现在欧洲和近东， 后一种形式是否直接从前一种形式发展而来。 一些 人类学家主张原地发展， 我认为，更换发生了。 考古数据，如 克拉克将收集与这个问题有关的信息。 莫斯特阶 文化传统上与尼安德特人有关， 克拉克的材料应该表明，这种传统是否在一些 这一点改变了，这是否可能与 一种不同的生活方式的出现。 这项研究很重要，因为它将增加我们的 了解解剖学上现代人类的出现。 它 还将为一大群 考古学家

With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Geoffrey Clark will excavate a deeply stratified archaeological site, Ain Difla, located in West-Central Jordan. Prior work indicates that the successive levels are rich in both faunal remains and stone tools which are associated with the Mousterian culture. Dr. Clark will continue the excavation there to collect large samples of both cultural and faunal remains. Using the thermolumenencence technique he hopes to obtain absolute dates on burnt flint. With these data, he will then be able to reconstruct successive environments and to show how Mousterian culture developed over time and adapted to these changes. This area and time period are of great archaeological significance because fossils seem to indicate the concurrent presence of both early modern humans as well as a more archaic Neanderthal form. It is unclear when and where anatomically modern humans first appear in Europe and the Near East and whether the later form develops directly from the earlier. Some anthropologists argue for in situ development while others believe that replacement occurred. Archaeological data such as Clark will collect are relevant to this issue. Mousterian culture is traditionally associated with Neanderthals, and Clark's materials should show whether this tradition at some point changed and whether this may be associated with the appearance of a different way of life. This research is important because it will increase our understanding of the emergence of anatomically modern humans. It will also provide data of interest to a large group of archaeologists.