河南舞阳大岗细石器地点发掘报告

本文记述的是河南省舞阳县大岗细石器地点第４层出土的石制品,它属于以楔状石核为特征的细石器技术传统,上覆的第３层属于新石器时代裴李岗文化晚期,它的发现对研究细石器技术传统的分布和发展,探讨中原细石器遗存与新石器时代早期文化的关系等都具有一定的意义。     

青藏高原冬给措纳湖畔新发现的细石器及其同周边地区的技术关系

青海玛多冬给措纳湖畔新发现的海拔超过4000 m的全新世中期细石器对于我们认识青藏高原细石器乃至中国全新世的细石器的技术特点与分布格局提供了新的材料,其典型器物组合包括楔形细石核、柱形细石核、端刮器和锯齿刃器等。青藏高原全新世早中期的细石器组合中楔形细石核-柱形细石核-锥形细石核的技术传统是相对稳定的,但缺乏典型船形细石核和小型两面器等华北地区旧石器晚期细石器组合中常见的重要石器类型。通过进一步比对显示,青藏高原全新世早中期细石器的直接来源可能并非直承华北旧石器晚期的细石器传统,而与青藏高原邻近地区（我国西北地区、西南西区）全新世早中期的细石器工业具有更为密切的联系。     

小口子史前地点发现的石制品研究

本文记述了小口子史前地点发现的石制品,可分为两组：非细石器工业制品和细石器工业制品,前者中的大多数石器,加工精致,形制规整,清楚可见用指垫法（莫斯特技术）修理,其中有些可与水洞沟文化层出土者对比,至少是中、西方旧石器文化交流的证迹。细石器工业制品中的石叶脊背具多种形式和端刃刮削器中锐刃较多,未见于以往记述的发现于中国境内细石器工业制品的文献中。     

日本北海道地区细石叶技术研究概述

细石叶技术是晚更新世晚期东北亚和西北美新的变革性剥坯技术和适应手段。北海道地区拥有丰富、多样的细石器遗存,相关材料最早可以追溯到距今约2.5万年前,持续了约1.2万年。以北海道具有明显技术复杂性和多样性特点的细石器为材料,学者们基于技术式“阅读”和拼合研究划分出一系列细石核工艺类型和剥坯技法;岛内以楔形细石核为代表的细石器工业传统在不断延续的同时,也表现出明显的阶段性变化,并在一定程度上显示出与气候环境变化较强的相关性。本文对北海道地区晚更新世末次盛冰期以来的气候、环境背景以及细石器的发现与研究历程进行介绍。在此基础上,厘清北海道细石核工艺类型的划分,并对细石器群的阶段性演变进行系统梳理,以期对我国相关研究有所裨益。     

新疆塔里木盆地南缘新发现的石器

1987年夏在塔里木南缘发现了打制石器、细石器地点各三处。打制石器虽然采自地面,数量也少,但有可能归人旧石器时代。细石器由楔状、柱状细石核和两边平直的截短细石叶组成,国华北、东北亚和西北美细石器传统,其时代属新石器时代。     

华北细石器技术的出现与发展

本文拟简要介绍近年来华北地区新发现的细石器遗存,并对细石器技术出现与发展等问题进行初步探讨。新发现显示,29-26 kaBP左右在华北地区石叶-细石器技术的出现,可能是受到MIS2阶段环境变化的影响,阿尔泰等中-北亚地区人群与旧石器文化的南迁扩散所致。其后,华北地区以船型细石核为代表的宽台面技术的出现与扩散过程,则反映了该地区原住民应对LGM期间环境变迁的适应策略与发展历史。虎头梁类型的楔形石核细石器技术的进退,同样展现了晚更新世末东北亚地区人群的流动性及环境变化的耦合关系。     

河北阳原油房细石器发掘报告

油房地点出土的石制品属于典型的细石器,文化遗物埋藏地晚更新统黄土层中。其时代应属旧石器时代晚期偏晚阶段,但可能早于虎头梁文化。它的发现与研究对阳原盆地及其周围地区旧石器文化序列的建立和华北地区细石器技术传统的探讨都具有一定的意义。     

西藏阿里若热沟与麦多得布地点的石制品

2004年,考古工作者在西藏西部阿里地区发现了一批石器地点,本文是对其中若热沟与麦多得布两处地点石制品的分类、描述与简要研究。这批材料包括了细石核、细石叶及加工精致的刮削器、尖状器等器型,属于细石器工业遗存。这些材料对于深入认识与研究西藏地区的细石器工业具有重要意义。     

中国细石核类型和工艺初探——兼谈与东北亚、西北美的文化联系

通过中国十个重要细石器遗址中细石核的观察,对中国细石核的类型和工艺技术作一初步的区分和综合的比较,以探讨中国细石器传统在时间和空间上的分布特点。同时与发现于东北亚、西北美的细石核进行对比,从它们之间的异同来看这一地区在文化上的传承关系。     

虎头梁遗址中的细石器技术

本文从应用目的的角度出发,对虎头梁遗址中的细石器技术进行了界定。通过数量统计、模拟计算等方法论证了虎头梁遗址中共存在着2种细石器技术,它们分别以Ⅰ型细石核和Ⅱ型细石核为代表。这两种细石器技术体现出了不同的剥片效率以及古人类在对外部环境适应方面的不同需求。Ⅰ型细石核因其相对较高的剥片效率以及构思巧妙的外部形态、加工精细的刃缘具有石核和工具的双重功能,常被古人外出时携带使用。Ⅱ型细石核则是古人类仅用来在固定地点剥制细石叶而使用的。     

Familial pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage. A case report

BACKGROUND: Familial alveolar microlithiasis is a rare lung disease. In this study we describe the cytologic features of this disease in bronchoalveolar lavage. CASE: A 10-year-old girl and her uncle, a 50-year-old man, had dyspnea and diffuse interstitial pattern on chest radiograph with no defined cause at a period of 10 years apart. Open lung biopsy in the girl and transbronchial lung biopsy plus bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the man were per-formed to determine the diagnosis. In cyopen lung biopsy the diagnosis was alveolar microlithiasis. BAL revealed rehtypical microliths (calcospherites), and th transbronchial lung biopsy performed in the same patient failed to disclose superficially reset any significant pathology. In cytologic a smears, extracellular and intracellular concentrically layered purple-brown, round-to-oval microliths were clearly seen. Cyanophilic periodic acid-Schiff positive intracytoplasmic amorphous material was also frequently seen in alveolar macrophages. CONCLUSION: Familial alveolar microlithiasis is a rare interstitial lung disease that can be easily diagnosed by BAL. This procedure is a very useful tool in diagnosing and classifying some interstitial lung diseases.     

Initial excavation and dating of Ngalue Cave: A Middle Stone Age site along the Niassa Rift, Mozambique

Direct evidence for a systematic occupation of the African tropics during the early late Pleistocene is lacking. Here, we report a record of human occupation between 105-42 ka, based on results from a radiometrically-dated cave section from the Mozambican segment of the Niassa (Malawi/Nyasa) Rift called Ngalue. The sedimentary sequence from bottom to top has five units. We concentrate on the so-called “Middle Beds,” which contain a Middle Stone Age industry characterized by the use of the discoidal reduction technique. A significant typological feature is the presence of formal types such as points, scrapers, awls, and microliths. Special objects consist of grinders/core-axes covered by ochre. Ngalue is one of the few directly-dated Pleistocene sites located along the biogeographical corridor for modern human dispersals that links east, central, and southern Africa, and, with further study, may shed new light on hominin cave habitats during the late Pleistocene.     

Analytical ultrastructural investigation of microliths in salivary glands of cat

Summary Microliths in Araldite-embedded pieces of submandibular and sublingual glands of cat were stained in semithin sections by Methylene Blue and Azure II followed by Basic Fuchsin, and were examined in ultrathin sections by electronmicroscopical X-ray microanalysis. Calcium and phosphorus were detected in substantial aggregates of crystals that were stained by Basic Fuchsin and appeared to be hydroxyapatite, but were not detected in granular material that was stained by Methylene Blue and Azure II and appeared to be organic. The polychromatic stain thus appears to be a useful indicator of calcified material. The majority of microliths in acini contained substantial aggregates of crystals, whereas the majority of those in ducts did not. This corresponds to the distribution of the glandular calcium, and suggests that microliths are variously enriched with calcium according to its local level.     

水洞沟遗址第3、4、5地点发掘简报

水洞沟遗址第3、4、5地点位于水洞沟盆地西南边缘,自1923年发现以来,这三个地点尚未经过正式发掘。2004年夏秋季节,宁东重化工基地引黄管道的修建要穿越盆地的边缘,遂对这三个地点进行了抢救性发掘。发掘共揭露110m2,出土和采集了上千件石制品和鸵鸟蛋皮。下文化层的石制品主体呈现出与水洞沟第1地点相同的文化面貌;上文化层石制品和采集品特征则与第6地点表现出较强的一致性,其中包含大量的细石器制品。另外,在水洞沟盆地首次发现了两面器类型。此次发掘出土的文化遗物丰富了水洞沟遗址的文化内涵,对研究水洞沟文化与华北相邻区域古文化关系有重要意义。     

Subadult stress,morbidity, and longevity in Latte Period populations on Guam,Mariana Islands

The frequency and age distribution of linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) in the dentition of 293 individuals from Latte Period sites (AD 800–1521) on Guam, Mariana Islands, are examined in this study. Individuals dying as subadults (before age 16) and as young adults (ages 16–21) have more frequent LEHs than those who survived to middle or late adulthood, documenting a relationship between LEH-causing stress events and reduced life expectancy. The age distributions of cribra orbitalia and skeletal infection in children who died by age 10 exhibit striking similarities to the etiological age patterns of LEH in children, and those with skeletal infection have more frequent hypoplasias than children without infection. The comorbidity of systemic stress and infection in children, and their impact on life expectancy, are interpreted in the biocultural context of high population density in the large coastal villages of the late prehistoric period in the Marianas. Am J Phys Anthropol 104:363–380, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

海藻粉和抗菌肽对肉鸡生长性能、免疫器官指数和肠道菌群的影响

为探讨海藻粉和抗菌肽不同添加水平对肉鸡生长性能、免疫器官指数和肠道菌群的影响。选取1日龄体重相近的AA肉鸡504羽,随机分为7个处理,每处理6个重复,每重复12羽。对照组饲喂基础日粮,试验组在基础日粮中添加不同水平(1.0%、3.0%、5.0%)的海藻粉和抗菌肽(300 mg/kg、600 mg/kg)。试验分前期(1~21 d)和后期(22~42 d)共42 d。结果表明:(1)添加不同水平的海藻粉对前期、后期和全期肉鸡的料重比有显著影响(P0.05);对21日龄肉鸡的脾脏指数和胸腺指数及对42日龄肉鸡的法氏囊指数差异显著(P0.05);降低了21日龄和42日龄肉鸡盲肠大肠杆菌的数量(P0.05),增加了盲肠乳酸菌的数量(P0.05)。(2)添加不同水平的抗菌肽对后期和全期肉鸡的料重比有显著差异(P0.05);对21日龄肉鸡的脾脏指数和胸腺指数及对42日龄肉鸡的法氏囊指数差异显著(P0.05);降低了21日龄和42日龄肉鸡盲肠大肠杆菌的数量(P0.05),增加了盲肠乳酸菌的数量(P0.05)。(3)海藻粉和抗菌肽交互作用对前期、后期和全期肉鸡的料重比有明显影响(P0.05);对21日龄肉鸡的脾脏指数和胸腺指数及对42日龄肉鸡的法氏囊指数差异显著(P0.05);降低了21日龄和42日龄肉鸡盲肠大肠杆菌的数量(P0.05),增加了盲肠乳酸菌的数量(P0.05)。本研究得出以下结论,海藻粉和抗菌肽能促进肉鸡生长,提高肉鸡免疫器官指数和改善肠道菌群,且二者间存在协同效应,添加5%的海藻粉和300 mg/kg抗菌肽综合效果最佳。     

Microliths in normal salivary glands of cat investigated by light and electron microscopy

This investigation concerns the natural history of microlith in the salivary glands of cat. Microliths were detected in more sublingual than submandibular glands and were almost absent in the parotid. They were found intraparenchymally, intraluminally and interstitially, and ultrastructurally in phagosomes of acinar, ductal and myoepithelial cells, intermixed with the cytoplasm of degenerate acinar cells, and in intraparenchymal macrophages and a multinuclear giant cell. They appear to form in healthy acinar cells during autophagocytosis, and possibly to be discharged luminally, laterally or basally, and to form in the debris of degenerate cells intraparenchymally and intraluminally. They appear to be removed by expulsion in the saliva, scavenging macrophages, and possible eventual degradation in the parenchymal phagosomes. The greater occurrence of microliths in the sublingual gland may relate to a low level of secretory activity, and the near absence of microliths in the parotid to a low level of calcium. The feline salivary glands were found to be an outstanding model for the investigation of microlithiasis.     

Correlations between song acquisition, song production, and plasma levels of testosterone and estradiol in sparrows

Male birdsong is a sexually dimorphic behavior characterized by learned dialects. In a combined study of learning in relation to steroid levels in the plasma, changes in estradiol and testosterone levels were correlated with the timing of the sensitive period for song acquisition and with successive stages in song development. Male swamp sparrows were trained with a changing series of live singing tutors from 26 days to 1 year of age. Song acquisition was concentrated between 26 and 47 days of age (57%). By 85 days of age 71% of acquisition was completed; some occurred as late as 300 days. There were two major periods when testosterone levels were elevated. The first, from 30-80 days, encompassed most of the period of song acquisition. The second, from 260 to at least 360 days of age, coincided with song development. Estradiol levels were elevated from 18 to 170 days of age, encompassing almost all of the period of song acquisition. A marked estradiol peak between 40 and 50 days coincided with a trough in testosterone levels and a hiatus in song acquisition. The strong correlation between the second period of elevated testosterone and song motor development suggests a causal connection, with levels peaking in mid-development and declining during mature song production. Estradiol levels were elevated at the start of the study and remained so during early subsong production, from 30 to 165 days. They then fell to baseline, remaining there throughout the resumption of subsong and plastic song production at 250-326 days. Both estradiol and testosterone are candidates for possibly affecting song acquisition.     

Armes de chasse dans l’Épipaléolithique du Caucase du Nord

The article is devoted to the traceological study of points and geometric microliths that are characteristic of the Epipaleolithic sites of the northwestern Caucasus and the Elbrus region. The regularities between the type of stone tools and their functional use are analyzed. Composite hunting weapons were effectively used in hunting a variety of ungulate herd animals. The composition of faunal assemblages largely depended of climatic and landscape conditions of the sites in different periods of the Late Glacial period: from the Oldest Dryas to the Pleistocene–Holocene transition. The proximity of lithic industries within a vast region in the North Caucasus, similar shapes of projectiles and lithic inserts into composite hunting weapons could be associated with active human movements, which are confirmed by the transportation of obsidian from the Elbrus region to the northwestern Caucasus and the transportation of high-quality flint from the west to the Elbrus region in the north-central Caucasus.