Dissertation Research: Technological Variability in the Portuguese Magdalenian

在Anthony Marks博士的指导下，Nuno Bicho先生a 南卫理公会大学的研究生，将收集 他的博士论文的数据。 他将研究一系列 葡萄牙埃斯特雷马杜拉地区的岩石组合， 距今16500 ~ 8500年（距今）。 这些 从一些遗址中挖掘出的材料 在里奥迈奥河谷。 虽然所有材料都属于 单一的考古学定义的“文化传统”，他们显示了一个 个体组合之间存在显著差异， 比乔先生希望了解其中的原因。 一些 提出了一些可能的解释。 这些范围从 不同的文化群体有责任 假设变异是基于任务的具体因素。 为了解决这个问题，Bicho先生将对以下问题进行详细分析： 石器 他会区分出 艺术品及其制作技术。 他 （合理地）假设形式将反映任务的特异性 而生产技术与文化的关系更为密切， 隶属关系 抹大拉人是欧洲最早发展起来的民族之一 专门的生存技术。 他们创造了辉煌的 艺术品，如拉斯科的绘画。 虽然他们有 在法国西南部和北方， 西班牙，其地理范围远远超出这一地区。 Bicho先生的工作将有助于更广泛地了解 抹大拉人以及他们如何适应 最后一个冰河时代结束时的环境条件。 在 特别是，它应该提供洞察他们的社会 organization.本研究还探讨了石文化的基本问题， 研究，并将有助于制定一个分析方法， 在许多考古学领域都很有用。 由于葡萄牙的史前史并不为人所知， 会引起很多考古学家的兴趣 它将 也有助于教育一个非常有前途的年轻人 科学家

Under the direction of Dr. Anthony Marks, Mr. Nuno Bicho, a graduate student at Southern Methodist University, will collect data for his doctoral dissertation. He will study a series of lithic assemblages from the Estremadura region of Portugal and which date from 16,500 to 8,500 BP (before present). These materials have been excavated from a number of sites all located in the Rio Maior river valley. While all materials fall within a single archaeologically-defined "cultural tradition" they show a significant amount of variation among individual assemblages and Mr. Bicho wishes to understand the reason for this. A number of potential explanations have been put forward. These range from the possibility that different cultural groups are responsible to the hypothesis that variation is based on task specific factors. To resolve this issue Mr. Bicho will conduct detailed analyses of lithic artifacts. He will distinguish between the form of the artifact and the technique by which it was produced. He (reasonably) assumes that form will reflect task specificity while production technique relates more closely to cultural affiliation. The Magdalenian peoples were among the first in Europe to develop specialized subsistence technologies. They produced magnificent works of art such as the paintings in Lascaux. While they have been relatively well studied in Southwestern France and Northern Spain, their geographical range extends well beyond this area. Mr. Bicho's work will contribute to a broader understanding of the Magdalenians and how they adapted to the rapidly changing environmental conditions at the end of the last Ice Age. In particular, it should provide insight into their social organization. This research also examines basic issues in lithic studies and will help to develop an analytic approach which will be useful in many archaeological situations. Because the prehistory of Portugal is not well known, this work will be of interest to a large number of archaeologists. It will also contribute to the education of an extremely promising young scientist.