考古景观中的新兴技术变化:灵长类的视角
Jonathan S Reeves1,2, Tomos Proffitt1, Suchinda Malaivijitnond3,4
1Technological Primates Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
|June 21, 2023
概括
灵长类考古学揭示了环境因素和行为如何相互作用,从而创造出多样化的石器图案. 这项研究表明,子的坚果裂如何随着时间的推移产生结构化的物质证据.
科学领域:
- 考古学的考古学
- 灵长类动物学 灵长类动物学
- 古人类学古人类学.
背景情况:
- 考古记录是以时间为平均值的,反映了长期的聚合行为,而不是离散事件.
- 了解行为和环境因素如何相互作用以创造考古学变异至关重要,但研究不足.
- 灵长类考古学为观察自然环境中的物质模式形成提供了一个独特的窗口.
研究的目的:
- 调查石材特性和资源可用性的变化如何影响坚果破裂行为的考古特征.
- 探索由非人类灵长类动物群体的行为和环境因素相互作用而产生的物质模式的形成.
主要方法:
- 在泰国诺岛洛比湾观测长尾 (Macaca fascicularis) 的坚果破碎活动.
- 分析由此产生的文物签名,重点关注文物密度和特定文物类型的频率.
- 检查不同石材特性和资源可用性的影响观察到的模式.
主要成果:
- 的坚果裂裂行为与环境因素 (石材特性,资源可用性) 之间的相互作用产生了结构化和多样化的材料特征.
- 文物密度和特定文物类型的频率根据这些相互作用而变化.
- 这项研究表明,复杂的物质模式可以从长期的行为和环境相互作用中出现.
结论:
- 灵长类考古学为创造考古记录的过程提供了宝贵的见解,补充了传统的人类研究.
- 这些发现强调了在解释考古证据时考虑行为和环境之间的相互作用的重要性,即使对于早期的原始人也是如此.
- 行为和环境因素之间的长期相互作用可以导致多样化和结构化的材料模式,为了解古代人类遗址提供了一个模型.
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