Regional Settlement Systems in Southwest Germany

在国家科学基金会的支持下，Jochim博士和他的同事们将启动一项从多瑙河到德国南部阿尔卑斯山的40x100公里区域的长期考古研究。在第一阶段，他们将开展三个项目。首先，他们将综合现有的遗址数据，从大约35,000年前的奥里尼亚纪开始，一直到农业和畜牧业引入的新石器时代。材料将从博物馆收藏品和考古现场报告中进行整理。其次，该小组将开发一个地理信息系统数据库，其中包括地貌和植被信息。它还将纳入考古遗址的数据。最后，该小组将对这一更广泛地区内的一个分区域的耕地进行考古调查。结果应提供有关考古序列和遗址密度的详细信息。迄今为止的考古工作表明，德国南部的这一地区拥有丰富的考古数据，遗址的范围从旧石器时代早期到中石器时代，一直延伸到新石器时代。因此，这一区域为处于狩猎和采集生存水平的人类如何适应严酷和高度可变的冰河时代环境提供了洞察。它还记录了冰河时代末期到更温和的条件的变化，以及随后向更稳定的新石器时代生活方式的转变。然而，这些数据参差不齐，从未在单一的双色环境视角下进行过分析。因此，很难理解人类适应和变化的过程。这是一个长期项目的第一阶段，约希姆博士和他的同事们将建立框架，使这种全面的分析成为可能。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。它将提供大量考古学家感兴趣的数据。它还将增加我们对人类如何在简单的技术水平上适应的理解。

With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Jochim and his colleagues will initiate a long term archaeological study of a 40 x 100 kilometer region which extends from the Danube River to the Alps in Southern Germany. In this first phase they will conduct three projects. First, they will synthesize the available site data for the period extending from the Aurignacian, ca. 35,000 years ago, through the Neolithic period when agriculture and stock raising was introduced. Material will be collated from museum collections and archaeological site reports. Secondly, the team will develop a GIS data bank which includes information on geomorphology and vegetation. It will also incorporate data on archeological sites. Finally, the group will conduct an archaeological survey of plowed fields in a subregion within this broader area. The results should provide detailed information on both the archaeological sequence and the density of sites. Archaeological work to date indicates that this region in Southern Germany contains a wealth of archaeological data with sites which extend from the early Upper Paleolithic through the Mesolithic and into Neolithic times. Therefore, this region provides insight into how humans at a hunting and gathering level of subsistence adapted to a harsh and highly variable Ice Age environment. It also documents the change at the end of the Ice Age to more temperate conditions as well as the succeeding shift to a more settled Neolithic way of life. However, the data are spotty and have never been analyzed within a single dichronic environmental perspective. Therefore, it is difficult to understand the processes which underlay the human adaptation and change. In this the first stage of a long term project, Dr. Jochim and his colleagues will establish the framework to make such a comprehensive analysis possible. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to a large number of archaeologists. It will also increase our understanding of how humans adapt at a simple level of technology.