Investigating Early Upper Paleolithic technological variability and cultural dynamics south of the Alps

调查阿尔卑斯山以南旧石器时代早期的技术变异和文化动态

• 批准号: 431809858
• 负责人: Dr. Armando Falcucci
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Arbeitsgruppe Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/431809858?language=en
• 关键词: Investigating; Early; Upper; Paleolithic; technological

The Aurignacian serves as one of the most significant archaeological records attesting to the expansion of modern humans into Europe. However, the biocultural processes underlying its success across diverse environments remain largely elusive. The Project was conceived to fill this knowledge gap by providing fresh insights into the ecologically diverse regions south of the Alps. Ongoing project findings have unearthed substantial disparities in lithic technological systems and economic behaviors among foraging groups across various Italian regions, especially when comparing the northern and southern records. In the context of Castelcivita, a sharp cultural break in the archaeological sequence has been observed, evidenced by a sudden proliferation of carinated cores and a pronounced miniaturization of bladelets. Importantly, these variations are not correlated to major environmental disasters, such as the Campanian Ignimbrite super-eruption. Concurrently, the diachronic trajectory of the Aurignacian in northern Italy appears more intricate than previously assumed. The taphonomic analysis of Fumane Cave's stratigraphic units implies that past excavations have in part failed to delineate meaningful archaeological divisions within the Upper Paleolithic sequence. Given these insights, additional research is necessary to better comprehend the diachronic evolution of the Aurignacian. Recent dating efforts have accurately positioned two pivotal southern Italian sites within their chronological context, thereby enabling the utilization of the Aurignacian evidence from these sites to characterize the post-Campanian Ignimbrite cultural development. This renewal phase will yield fresh quantitative lithic technology data from La Cala and Paglicci, employing state-of-the-art methodologies in lithic analysis that hinge on quantitative workflows and 3D scanning techniques. Furthermore, it will synthetize the results of the lithic studies with multidisciplinary lines of evidence. Through this approach, the project aims to synthesize the rich Italian Aurignacian record across Italy, facilitating a diachronic exploration of cultural transmission mechanisms between foraging groups north and south of the Alps. Moreover, the project will persist in exploring novel techniques for quantifying lithic data and augmenting data reusability by disseminating methodological workflows, datasets, and open-access repositories of 3D models.

奥里尼亚克人是证明现代人类向欧洲扩张的最重要的考古记录之一。然而，其在不同环境中取得成功的生物文化过程在很大程度上仍然难以捉摸。该项目旨在填补这一知识空白，为阿尔卑斯山以南生态多样性地区提供新的见解。正在进行的项目调查结果发现，在意大利各地区的觅食群体之间的石器技术系统和经济行为的巨大差异，特别是在比较北方和南方的记录。在卡斯泰尔奇维塔的背景下，考古序列中出现了一个急剧的文化断裂，这可以从隆脊核心的突然激增和刀刃的明显小型化得到证明。重要的是，这些变化与重大的环境灾害无关，例如坎帕尼亚火山灰岩超级喷发。与此同时，北方意大利奥里尼亚克阶的历时轨迹似乎比以前假设的更为复杂。对富马内洞穴地层单位的埋藏学分析表明，过去的发掘在一定程度上未能在旧石器时代晚期序列中描绘出有意义的考古学划分。鉴于这些见解，有必要进行更多的研究，以更好地理解奥里尼亚克阶的历时演变。最近的测年工作已经准确地定位了两个关键的意大利南部网站在其时间背景下，从而使利用这些网站的Aurignacian证据，以表征后坎帕尼亚的古英布立特文化的发展。这一更新阶段将从拉卡拉和Paglicci产生新的定量岩石技术数据，采用最先进的岩石分析方法，取决于定量工作流程和3D扫描技术。此外，它将综合多学科证据的石器研究的结果。通过这种方法，该项目旨在综合整个意大利丰富的意大利奥里尼亚克记录，促进阿尔卑斯山南北觅食群体之间的文化传播机制的历时性探索。此外，该项目将继续探索新技术，通过传播方法工作流程，数据集和3D模型的开放访问存储库来量化岩性数据和增强数据可重用性。