在地中海最偏远的岛屿进行狩猎采集的航行
Eleanor M L Scerri1,2,3, James Blinkhorn4,5, Huw S Groucutt6,7
1Human Palaeosystems Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany. scerri@gea.mpg.de.
Nature
|April 9, 2025
概括
大约8500年前, 猎人采集者抵达了偏远的马耳他群岛, 他们利用各种资源,包括海洋生物和鸟类,
科学领域:
- 考古学
- 古生态学
- 岛屿研究
背景情况:
- 小,孤立的岛屿传统上被认为是新石器时代前人口无法进入的,因为资源有限和航海挑战.
- 主流观点认为,这些岛屿的人类居住始于新石器时代,大约7.5万年前.
研究的目的:
- 在新石器时代之前调查马耳他群岛早期人类的存在.
- 在地中海的一个偏远岛屿上记录狩猎采集活动及其生存策略.
主要方法:
- 对时间数据,考古发现,动物遗迹和植物证据的分析.
- 在全新纪时期的古地理条件和海平面的重建.
- 根据当代陆地结构评估航行距离.
主要成果:
- 证据证实马耳他群岛上存在大约8.5到7.5万年前的狩猎采集者.
- 这些早期居民在西西里大约100公里处进行了重要的海上穿越.
- 这些生存策略包括对陆地动物,海洋资源和鸟类的开发.
结论:
- 这些发现将人类在马耳他群岛的存在时间推迟到新石器时代前至少1000年.
- 这项研究记录了地中海最长的狩猎采集者航程,
- 这些狩猎采集者的成功适应突显了他们的创造力, 并表明了以前未知的早期区域联系的潜力.
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