Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition at Amanzi Springs, South Africa

南非阿曼兹泉的阿舍利时代到中石器时代的过渡

• 批准号: DP170101139
• 负责人: Prof Andrew Herries
• 金额: $ 13.87万
• 依托单位: La Trobe University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-01-20 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP170101139
• 关键词: Acheulian; Middle; Stone; Age; transition

This project aims to excavate and date the Amanzi Springs archaeological complex. From 600 to 300,000 years ago, Acheulian stone tool technology, defined by large generalised cutting tools, changed to a Middle Stone Age industry dominated by smaller, specialised technology (points/blades). This transition is poorly defined throughout Africa due to lack of layered archaeological sites at high resolution that can be dated. The project will provide a detailed record of changes in technology across the Early to Middle Stone Age transition. The project could increase our understanding of the climatological, ecological and biological processes that shaped our shared ancestry.

本项目旨在发掘阿曼兹泉考古建筑群并确定其年代。从600年到30万年前，由大型通用切割工具定义的阿舍利石器技术转变为由较小的专业技术（尖/刀片）主导的中石器时代工业。由于缺乏可以确定年代的高分辨率分层考古遗址，整个非洲对这种转变的定义很不明确。该项目将提供早期到中期石器时代过渡期间技术变化的详细记录。这个项目可以增加我们对气候、生态和生物过程的理解，这些过程塑造了我们共同的祖先。