Dissertation Research: Early Paleolithic Technology in Chinaand India

与西欧相比，东亚和南亚的旧石器时代被贴上了文化落后地区的标签，因为缺乏证据和关于早期人类工具使用的长期假设。检验这一观点需要的是有关亚洲早期工具组合变化范围的信息。在这个项目中，研究人员将研究中国和印度八个遗址的旧石器组合的技术和类型学特征。将收集有关制造技术和用途的数据，以及影响组装的因素，如原材料可获得性。将进行复制实验。该项目将有助于建立一个迫切需要的基础，以确定关于中更新世南亚和东亚人类技术和行为的可变性和推论。

The Paleolithic period in eastern and southern Asia has been labeled as an area of cultural retardation compared to Western Europe because of a lack of evidence and long-held assumptions about early human tool use. Needed to test this idea is information on the range of variation in early Asian tool assemblages. In this project, the researcher will study the technological and typological characteristics of Paleolithic stone tool assemblages from eight sites in China and India. Data will be collected on manufacturing techniques and use, as well as factors affecting the assemblages such as raw material availability. Replication experiments will be conducted. This project will help establish a much needed basis for identifying variability and inferences about human technology and behavior in south and east Asia during the Middle Pleistocene.