Exploratory Research: Towards a Social Geography of the Pyrenees Magdalenian

探索性研究：走向比利牛斯马格达林社会地理学

• 批准号: 9313703
• 负责人: Margaret Conkey
• 金额: $ 0.73万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 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 1994-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9313703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Exploratory; Research; Towards; Social; Geography

9313703 Conkey With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Margaret Conkey and her collaborators will conduct a survey to locate Magdalenian archaeological sites in the Pyrenee Mountains of the Ariege region of France. The group has selected a 45 km. stretch between 600 and 900 meters above sea level and will walk this region in a systematic manner to look both for potential caves and rock shelters which may contain archaeological remains and also to examine fields and other open areas where materials may be exposed on the surface. They will make collect exposed material and, if permission can be obtained, excavate small test trenches to determine if in situ deposits are present. The project will be conducted in collaboration with a French geomorphologist with the goal of setting the cultural component into a broader environmental context. Samples for palynological (pollen) and sedimentological analysis will be collected. On this basis one can determine when these upland areas first became ice-free at the end of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) and how vegetation communities developed. The term "Magdalenian" refers to a culture which flourished in Western Europe at the end of the Pleistocene ca 14,000 years ago. The level of Magdalenian achievement is marked by painted caves such as Lascaux and Altimera, by highly developed bone industry and by a intensive subsistence specializations on minor highly seasonal resources such as migrating salmon. It is likely that the stage was set during this period of the domestication of plants and animals. The research proposed by Dr. Conkey is important because it examines the level of Magdalenian technical competence. While several caves with paintings are known from the Pyrenees region, it is unclear whether Magdalenian peoples had the ability to occupy this difficult mountainous terrain on a long term basis. Very little is known about the archaeology of the region and this project will provide the groundwork for future resear ch. This work is important for several reasons. It will provide data of interest to many archaeologists. It will also shed new light on human-environmental interactions and the development of human competence. Finally, the knowledge gained will provide the base for a larger long term research project.

9313703 Conkey 在国家科学基金会的支持下，玛格丽特·康基博士和她的合作者将进行一项调查，以确定法国阿列日地区比利牛斯山脉的马格达林考古遗址。该团选择了45公里。海拔在 600 至 900 米之间，将以系统的方式行走该地区，寻找可能包含考古遗迹的潜在洞穴和岩石掩体，并检查可能暴露在地表的材料的田野和其他开放区域。他们将收集暴露的材料，如果能获得许可，挖掘小型测试沟以确定是否存在原位沉积物。该项目将与法国地貌学家合作进行，目标是将文化成分融入更广泛的环境背景中。将收集用于孢粉学（花粉）和沉积学分析的样品。在此基础上，人们可以确定这些高地地区在更新世（冰河时代）末期首次无冰的时间以及植被群落如何发展。 “抹大拉”一词指的是大约 14,000 年前更新世末期在西欧繁荣的文化。 马格达林时代的成就水平以拉斯科和阿尔蒂梅拉等彩绘洞穴、高度发达的骨工业以及对洄游鲑鱼等次要季节性资源的密集生计专业化为标志。很可能这个阶段就是在植物和动物的驯化时期设定的。 康基博士提出的研究很重要，因为它考察了马格达林的技术能力水平。虽然比利牛斯山脉地区有几个带有绘画的洞穴，但尚不清楚马格达林人是否有能力长期占据这片险峻的山区。人们对该地区的考古学知之甚少，该项目将为未来的研究奠定基础。 这项工作之所以重要有几个原因。它将提供许多考古学家感兴趣的数据。它还将为人类与环境的相互作用和人类能力的发展提供新的视角。最后，所获得的知识将为更大的长期研究项目提供基础。