Dissertation Research: Aurignacian Lithic Economy in the Vezere Valley

9311880白色 在兰德尔白色博士的指导下，布鲁克布雷兹先生将为他的博士论文收集数据。他将研究三个考古收藏品，这些收藏品被安置在法国机构中，并归因于法国西南部Vezere山谷的Aurignacian文化。这些材料都来自于在年代久远的遗址进行的精心控制的挖掘，并且跨越了这些早期现代人居住在欧洲和近东的主要时间段。布雷兹先生将进行几项研究。首先，他将研究这些工具的生产和塑造，以产生其最终形式的技术。他特别感兴趣的是原材料的利用强度和使用效率。其次，基于视觉分析，他将试图将原材料（主要是燧石）与起源相匹配，并以这种方式重建史前运动的模式和程度。最后，他将与密苏里州大学的研究人员合作，获得一个子系列的微量元素数据，以描述源区的特征，并将挖掘出的文物与之进行化学匹配。 布雷兹先生的工作目标是了解奥里尼亚克人的生存策略。在奥里格奈人占领西欧的几千年里，冰川进退，气候发生了巨大变化。这些变化已经通过古环境记录重建，布雷兹博士希望了解奥里尼亚克人的生存和分布模式如何相应地变化。 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。奥里尼西亚人是欧洲最早的解剖学现代人，这项工作将为他们的文化能力和战略提供新的启示。因此，它确定了一个基线，可以据此判断以后的成就。这项工作还增加了我们对人类与环境相互作用的理解，并将展示人们如何用相对简单的技术适应快速而显著变化的环境。最后，该项目将有助于培养一名有前途的年轻科学家。 ***

9311880 White Under the direction of Dr. Randall White, Mr. Brooke Blades will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will study three archaeological collections which are housed in French institutions and are attributable to the Aurignacian culture of Vezere Valley in Southwest France. These materials are all from carefully controlled excavations at well dated sites and span the major interval when these early modern humans inhabited Europe and the Near East. Mr. Blades will conduct several studies. First he will examine the technologies by which these tools were produced and shaped to produce their final form. In particular he is interested in the intensity of utilization of raw material and the efficiency with which it was used. Secondly, based on visual analysis he will attempt to match the raw material - mostly flint - to the source of origin and in this way reconstruct patterns and extent of prehistoric movement. Finally, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Missouri, he will obtain trace element data on one subseries to characterize source areas and chemically match excavated artifacts to them. The goal of Mr. Blades work is to understand the subsistence strategies practiced by Aurignacian peoples. During the millennia when the Aurignaican occupied Western Europe, glaciers advanced and retreated and climate changed dramatically. These shifts have been reconstructed through the paleoenvironmental record and Dr. Blades wishes to understand how Aurignacian subsistence and ranging patterns varied accordingly. This research is important for several reasons. The Aurignacians are the earliest anatomically modern people in Europe and this work will shed new light on their cultural competence and strategies. It therefore sets a baseline against which later accomplishments can be judged. The work also increases our understanding of human- environment interactions and will show how people with relatively simple technologies adapted to a rapidly and markedly changing environment. Finally the project will contribute to the training of a promising young scientist. ***