クエブラダ・ジャグアイ: 南米の初期の海上適応
1D. H. Sandweiss, Department of Anthropology, South Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA. H. McInnis, Institute for Quaternary Studies, Bryand Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA. R. L. Burger, Peabody Museum of Na.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 22, 1998
まとめ
南米の古代インディアンは,プレイストセンの末期期に海岸沿いの海洋資源を利用し,海上搾取の記録を1,000年延長しました. この発見は,多様な生計戦略とアンデス高地との接触を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 考古学考古学とは
- パレオ環境研究 パレオ環境研究
背景:
- 南アメリカにおける末期プレイストセーン (約. 13,00011,000年 BP) は,初期の人間の適応を理解するために不可欠です.
- 以前の研究では,この地域の初期の住民による沿岸部の資源の使用が限られていることが示唆されていた.
研究 の 目的:
- ペルーの沿岸部のケブラダ・ジャグアイ280 (QJ-280) の古インディアン集団の生計戦略と資源の搾取パターンを調査する.
- 終末プレイストセーン期の海洋資源依存と地域間の接触の程度を決定する.
主な方法:
- QJ-280の遺跡での考古学的な発掘.
- 海洋資源の利用を特定するために,野生動物の残骸の分析.
- オブシディアン遺物の地化学的調達で,起源と貿易ネットワークを決定する.
主要な成果:
- 沿岸部に住む古代インディアンの住民が海洋資源に大きく依存していた証拠.
- この発見は,南米の海上搾取の既知の記録を約1千年延長するものである.
- オブシディアン製の遺物は,アンデス高原との接触と交流のネットワークが確立されていることを示しています.
結論:
- 南米の古代インディアン集団は,重要な海上搾取を含む多様な生計システムを示した.
- QJ-280遺跡は,南米の早期の沿岸適応と資源利用の重要な証拠を提供している.
- オブシディアンの証拠は,プレイストセンの末期期に沿岸群と高地群の相互作用を示唆しています.
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