双面製造における原材料の影響

P R Jones

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|May 25, 1979

まとめ

旧石器時代下期の二面の洗練は,工具製作者の洗練を示さないかもしれない. 実験によると,高度な技術と素材の習得が,より洗練された外観の石器を常に生み出すとは限らない.

科学分野:

考古学考古学とは
旧石器時代の研究
実験考古学の考古学

背景:

下古石器時代の二面壁のトリミングの精度が,工具製造者の技術的な洗練度を測る指標として提案されていることが多い.
この仮説は,石器の美学的または機能的な質を,初期のホミニンの認知および技術的な能力と関連付けています.

研究の目的:

バイフェイストリミングの精度が技術的洗練度と相関しているという仮説を実験的に検証する.
実験結果を,タンザニアのオルドヴァイ峡谷の考古学的アセンブリと比較する.

主な方法:

オルドゥヴァイ峡谷で,一連の実験的双面結びの実験を行いました.
実験的に生産されたバイフェイスのトリミング精度の度合いを分析する.
実験的発見を同じ地域の既存の考古学的集合と比較する.

主要な成果:

この研究では,高度な編み付け技術や原材料の習得度の増加と,その結果生じる石器のより洗練された外観との間に必要な相関は見つかりませんでした.
実験のバイフェイスは,技術的な投入が増加するにつれて,一貫してより高い精度を示さなかった.

結論:

より洗練された外観のバイフェイスは,より高度な技術的洗練に等しいという仮定は,欠陥があるかもしれません.
道具の外観は,下古石器時代の道具製作者の認知能力や技術能力を反映しているだけではない.

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