現代の人間の行動の出現: 中石器時代の南アフリカの彫刻
Christopher S Henshilwood1, Francesco d'Errico, Royden Yates
1Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South African Museum, Post Office Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa. chenshilwood@iziko.org.za
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 12, 2002
まとめ
南アフリカから赤色オクアに刻まれた古代彫刻.
科学分野:
- 考古学考古学とは
- 古人類学は,古人類学である.
- 認知考古学の考古学について
背景:
- ユーラシア上古石器 (35,000年前以降) の抽象的および描写的な画像は,現代の人間の行動の証拠とみなされています.
- 現代の人間の行動の出現は,しばしばこの時期と地理的地域に関連付けられています.
研究 の 目的:
- 赤色オークアの断片で発見された抽象的な彫刻について報告する.
- アフリカにおける初期の現代人の行動に関する証拠を提供するためです.
主な方法:
- 焼いたリチックの熱発光年代測定法により,中石器時代の色を含む層の年齢を決定する.
- 上の砂丘の光学的に刺激された光年代測定法により,層図の整合性を確認する.
主要な成果:
- 2つの抽象的な表現が赤色オクレの断片に刻まれていたことが発見されました.
- 彫刻された色は,平均して7万7千年前と推定されています.
- ストラティグラフィの整合性は,上にある砂丘の7万年の年齢で確認されました.
結論:
- これらの発見は,アフリカの現代人の行動の出現を示唆しています.
- この出現は,少なくとも3万5千年前,ユーラシア上古石器時代より前のものである.
- 抽象的な彫刻は,象徴的な行動の最も古い証拠のいくつかを表しています.
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