The Ahmarian Tradition of the Upper Paleolithic in Northeastern Sinai

西奈半岛东北部旧石器时代晚期的艾哈迈里传统

• 批准号: 9311368
• 负责人: James Phillips
• 金额: $ 3.18万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-08-01 至 1996-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9311368&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ahmarian; Tradition; Upper; Paleolithic; Northeastern

9311368 Phillips With National Science Foundation support Drs. James Phillips and Bruce Gladfelter will conduct one season of archaeological fieldwork in the Sinai Desert of Egypt. They will carry out small scale excavations at sites which belong to the Ahmarian tradition and date to approximately 30,000 to 35,000 years ago. They will also focus on associated sediments from this period which are likely to contain pollen and other remains permitting fine scale environmental reconstruction. This work constitutes the first step in a larger scale project in which the team hopes to excavate entire sites to reconstruct specific activities and to integrate site specific data into a broader environmental context. The research should reveal the underlying subsistence strategies employed by Ahmarian groups. The Amharian dates to the early Upper Paleolithic period in the Near East and represents one of the earliest cultures uniquely associated with anatomically modern humans. What makes it of particular interest is its limited areal distribution. Dr. Phillips believes that Amharian peoples developed subsistence strategies which facilitated adaptation to what was a patchy mosaic environment and that group size and movement maximized use of a wide range of areal limited resources. The data he wishes to collect will allow him to examine this hypothesis. This research is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists. It will also increase our understanding of how humans at a simple level of technology adapted to a marginal semi-arid environment.

9311368菲利普斯与国家科学基金会支持DRS。詹姆斯·菲利普斯（James Phillips）和布鲁斯·格拉德弗特（Bruce Gladfelter）将在埃及西奈沙漠进行一个考古野外工作。他们将在属于艾哈迈尔传统的地点进行小规模的发掘，并在约30,000至35，000年前进行。他们还将重点关注此时期的相关沉积物，这些沉积物可能包含花粉和其他遗体允许精细的环境重建。这项工作构成了大规模项目的第一步，在该项目中，团队希望挖掘整个站点以重建特定的活动并将特定网站的特定数据集成到更广泛的环境环境中。该研究应揭示艾哈迈尔人群体采用的潜在生计策略。 阿姆哈拉族人可以追溯到近东的早期旧石器时代早期，代表了与解剖学上现代人类独特的最早文化之一。引起人们特别感兴趣的是其面积分布有限。 Phillips博士认为，Amharian人民制定了生存策略，促进了对斑点的马赛克环境的适应，并且该群体规模和运动最大程度地利用了广泛的Areal有限资源。他希望收集的数据将使他能够审查这一假设。 这项研究很重要，原因有几个。它将为许多考古学家提供感兴趣的数据。这也将增加我们对人类在简单水平的技术中如何适应边际半干旱环境的理解。