石器时代的花实践社区 埃斯瓦提尼
Brandi L MacDonald1,2,3, Elizabeth C Velliky4, Bob Forrester5,6
1Archaeometry Laboratory, University of Missouri Research Reactor, Columbia, MO, USA. MacDonaldB@Missouri.edu.
Nature communications
|October 25, 2024
概括
古代人类使用色素已有数千年. 这项研究揭示了埃斯瓦提尼广泛的矿网络和文化实践,证明了长期的知识传播和社会互动.
科学领域:
- 考古学的考古学
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 地质化学 地质化学
背景情况:
- 自至少50万年前以来,人类一直在使用像色这样的土色素.
- 在撒哈拉以南的非洲,使用的考古证据很普遍,但区域采购和使用网络的了解很少.
研究的目的:
- 在一个实践社区中,为解释色使用的区域差异提供一个框架.
- 调查埃斯瓦提尼中石器时代和晚石器时代的色供应记录.
- 分析影响采购和使用的社会互动.
主要方法:
- 来自15个考古遗址和矿产资源的石样本的组成分析.
- 在Ngwenya的狮子洞穴材料的光学刺激发光年龄.
- 在色行为社区中解释区域差异的框架开发.
主要成果:
- 长期以来的文化连续性在色知识传递跨代在埃斯瓦提尼.
- 有证据表明当地采购色和长途运输网络.
- 恩格韦纳的狮子洞被证实是已知的最古老的密集矿开采地点 (约48,000年前).
结论:
- 色行为社区受到社会互动的影响,包括技术学习和物质交换.
- 深远的色记录揭示了文化连续性和对矿物质颜料的复杂知识.
- 这些发现凸显了早期人类颜料使用和采矿网络的古老性和复杂性.
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