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Using Generative Art to Convey Past and Future Climate Transitions
Published on: March 31, 2023
まとめ
タスマニアの人類による植民地化は,以前考えられていたよりも8000年前に発生し,オーストラリアとの断続的な陸上接続を示唆する証拠があります. この発見は,この地域の早期の人間の定住と資源利用に関する私たちの理解を修正します.
科学分野:
- 考古学考古学とは
- 古人類学は,古人類学である.
- 四次科学とは四次科学である.
背景:
- タスマニアの人間の定住の時間軸は,以前は限られたデータに基づいて推定されていました.
- 初期の先住民の経済におけるタスマニアの内陸地域の役割が議論されました.
- タスマニアのメガファウナの絶滅のタイミングはよく確立されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- タスマニアの初期の人間の植民地化のより正確なタイムラインを確立するために.
- タスマニアの初期の人間の居住と資源の搾取の性質を調査する.
- タスマニアのメガファウナの絶滅日を決定する.
主な方法:
- 石灰岩の洞窟と砂岩の岩のシェルターからの考古学的材料の放射性炭素年代測定.
- 野生動物の残骸の分析は,メガファウナの存在または欠如を評価するために行われます.
- 陸上橋の露出と断続的な接続の可能性の地質学的評価.
主要な成果:
- 基礎年代は30,420 BP (フロレンタイン川渓谷) と30,840 BP (シャノン川渓谷) で,これまで考えられていたよりも8,000年前に人間の存在を示しています.
- 証拠によると,人間の到着は,バッシアン橋 (約23,000 BP) の露出以前に始まり,オーストラリアとの断続的な陸路接続を支えていることを示唆しています.
- この発見は,タスマニアの内陸地域が組織的に占領されていることを示し,海岸/川の経済のみという概念に異議を唱えている.
結論:
- タスマニアは,以前に推定されたよりもかなり早く植民地化され,人間の分散と適応を理解するための意味を持つ.
- 初期のタスマニア人は内陸の資源を搾取し,先住民の経済慣行についての理解を広げました.
- タスマニアのメガファウナは,おそらく,最も古い年代の人類の人口の到着前に,約30,000 BPで絶滅した.
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