Plant Use in the Mesolithic: Evidence from Staosnaig, Isle of Colonsay, Scotland
Plant Use in the Mesolithic: Evidence from Staosnaig, Isle of Colonsay, Scotland
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DOI：
10.1006/jasc.1999.0536
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发表时间：
2001-03
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
S. Mithen;N. Finlay;W. Carruthers;S. Carter;P. Ashmore
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作者：
S. Mithen;N. Finlay;W. Carruthers;S. Carter;P. Ashmore
虽然大卫·克拉克认为中石器时代会有大量的植物使用已经过去了将近25年，但在考古记录中，支持他关于有大量植物遗骸的遗址的论点的明确证据仍然难以捉摸。在本文中，我们描述了苏格兰西部科隆赛岛的Staosnaig遗址的植物遗骸，它似乎恰好提供了克拉克预期的证据类型。我们认为，非常大量的榛子在这个网站在很短的时间内被开发，连同大量的毛茛ficaria L。
Although it is almost 25 years since David Clark argued that there would have been substantial plant use during the Mesolithic, clear evidence to support his argument in terms of sites with large quantities of plant remains continue to be elusive in the archaeological record. In this paper we describe the plant remains from the site of Staosnaig on the Isle of Colonsay in Western Scotland, which appears to provide precisely the type of evidence that Clark anticipated. We argue that a very large number of hazelnuts were exploited at this site within a short period of time, together with a substantial quantity ofRanunculus ficaria L.