Dissertation Research: Archaeological Analysis of Bone

在罗伯特Blumenschine博士的指导下，教授 罗格斯大学人类学系的玛丽塞尔瓦乔女士将 在北方的塞伦盖蒂地区进行现实主义研究 坦桑尼亚. 这样收集的数据将为她提供依据。 博士论文 在已经完成的试点项目之后， 研究，她将收集有关食肉动物的修改信息， 骨头 结果将直接用于口译 考古组合。 塞尔瓦吉奥女士会收集骨头 从观察到的食肉动物死亡后，捕食者已经放弃了 他们 她将分析这些，以考虑到物种 猎物和食肉动物，以及位置和性质， 骨改造 她将尝试收集大量的 其中包括所有主要捕食者的行动。 在此基础上，将有可能审查重要的 东非的考古组合，以确定 在某种程度上，它们是由人类造成的， 食肉动物活动 近年来，考古学家 强烈反对狩猎在发展中的作用， 人类社会。 有人认为动物群 发现的早期石器并不代表狩猎--就像以前一样 相信-而是人类从食肉动物的尸体中清除。 它 很难在这两者之间做出抉择 替代品，和现实主义的工作，如女士。 塞尔瓦乔将承担，应有助于提供一个需要的 解释语境 这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。 这将有助于 开发一种方法工具，将适用于许多 在世界不同地区的网站。 它最终将 增加我们对人类如何发展的理解，最后， 将有助于培养一位极有前途的科学家

Under the direction of Dr. Robert Blumenschine, Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, Ms. Marie Selvaggio will conduct actualistic studies in the Serengeti region of Northern Tanzania. The data thus collected will provide the basis for her doctoral dissertation. Following an already completed pilot study, she will collect information on carnivore modification of bone. The results will be of direct use in interpreting archaeological assemblages. Ms. Selvaggio will collect bones from observed carnivore kills after the predators have abandoned them. She will analyze these to take into account the species of both prey and carnivore, as well as the position and nature of bone modification. She will attempt to collect a large series which includes actions by all the major predators. On this basis, it will be possible to examine important archaeological assemblages from East Africa to determine the extent to which they have resulted from human, as opposed to carnivore, activity. In recent years, archaeologists have strongly disagreed about the role of hunting in the development of human society. It has been argued that faunal assemblages found with early stone tools represent not hunting - as formerly believed - but rather human scavenging from carnivore kills. It has proven extremely difficult to decide between these alternatives, and actualistic work, such as that which Ms. Selvaggio will undertake, should serve to provide a needed interpretive context. This research is important for several reasons. It will help to develop a methodological tool which will be applicable to many sites in different parts of the world. It will ultimately increase our understanding of how humans developed and, finally, will assist in the training of an extremely promising scientist.