周口店遗址发掘方法的演进

<正>考古遗存是考古学研究的基础,而获取遗存的最主要手段是田野发掘,包括发掘和记录。考古发掘工作是否规范直接决定着遗存信息收集的精细化、全面化、科学化程度,如何科学地从事发掘进而获得全面、科学、可用的信息是考古学面临的首要问题。在九十余年的发展历程中,中国旧石器时代考古学的田野发掘和记录方法也在变革,北京周口店遗址的发掘见证了这一过程。周口店第1地点自1921年发现以来,历经多次发掘,其发掘和记录方法也在不断演变,尤其是1932-1937年的发掘基本奠定了遗址发掘方法的     

动物考古学所要研究和解决的问题

动物考古学,译自英文Zooarchaeology,是考古学与动物学相结合的一门科学。它的研究对象是从人类各个历史时期考古遗址中发掘出的动物骨骼。通过对这些动物骨骼的鉴定与解释,从而了解古代居民居址附近的自然条件和生态环境、他们狩猎的对象、对食物的选择以及家畜畜养等情况,也即用动物学的方法研究考古学的有关问题。因此它首先应该和考古学、动物学有密切关系,此外为了解释古代居民的一些风俗、习惯,还必须借鉴一些少数民族的资料,故与民族学、民俗学也有一定的关系。 按理,动物考古学的研究对象应包括旧石器时代遗址中出土的动物,但后者的研究,     

宾福德的周口店埋藏学研究与旧石器考古学理论建构

本文回顾了1985年美国考古学家路易斯·宾福德访华的背景和产生的影响,认为这次中美旧石器考古合作的失败原因是两国学者之间在认识论和范式上的巨大差异。宾福德对周口店的埋藏学思考是立足于过程考古学中程理论和他自己的埋藏学探索的基础之上,并体现在他的《纽纳缪特民族考古学》和《骨骼：古代人类与现代之谜》两本著作中。宾福德中程理论和参考框架建设为我们提供了一种启示和借鉴,有助于中国旧石器考古学努力构建和完善自己的考古学理论框架。这种框架需要重视材料的分析和归纳,提出研究的问题和解决的办法,然后根据埋藏学和动物考古学排除遗址形成过程中的自然改造因素,提炼人类行为的信息。最后从民族考古学类比的参考框架来达到重建文化历史、人类生存方式和文化变迁的三大目标。     

宝鸡新石器时代人骨的研究报告

一、叙言在我国,新石器遗址的发现几乎遍于全国,这些遗址的发掘随着我国社会主义的基本建放事业有了显著的发展,人类遗骨,对解决我国各民族起源问题与新石器时代人种问题极为重要。考古学家不仅给予了足够的注意,也采集了大批资料,当然这些资料所联系的人种问题还有待于人类学和考古学互相配合去解决。     

《汉英考古分类词汇》介评

《汉英考古分类词汇》介评路石中国古代文化是世界古代文化的重要组成部分,中国考古学与世界考古学密不可分;要研究考古学文化,不了解中国考古学文化,特别是史前文化不行,不研究中国以外地区的考古学文化也不行。对世界古文化有全面的认识,加强国际间的考古学术交流...     

遥感信息应用于区域尺度水分限制条件下作物生长模拟的研究进展

第2生产水平(即水分限制条件)下的大范围作物生长动态模拟研究具有十分重要的现实意义.目前,区域尺度上水分限制条件下作物生长模拟存在一定的难度,而遥感信息与作物生长模拟模型的结合,可以为区域尺度水分限制条件下作物生长发育模拟及产量估算提供了一条行之有效的途径.本文简要回顾了遥感与作物生长模拟模型结合研究的发展概况,指出了区域尺度水分限制条件下作物生长模拟需要解决的问题,并在已有遥感反演土壤水分状况研究的基础上,简述了遥感信息应用于区域尺度水分限制条件下作物生长模拟的研究方法,并探讨了当前该领域研究的其他可能途径及需要进一步研究和解决的科学问题.     

《日本动物考古学基础》评介

动物考古学(Zooarchaeology)通过对人类各个历史时期考古遗址中发掘出的动物骨骼的鉴定与解释,了解古代居民居址附近的自然条件和生态环境、古人类狩猎的对象、对食物的选择以及家畜蓄养等情况,也采用动物学方法研究考古学相关问题.1976年,在法国举行的第九届史前学与原史学国际会议上,正式成立了国际动物考古学会( International Council for Zooarchaeology).至此,其逐渐成为考古学的一个重要分支.     

古代DNA研究中污染的控制和识别

现代分子生物学中PCR技术的发展使得直接分析古代动植物和人类材料中的DNA成为可能,这为考古学、人类学和古生物学提供了一种新的研究手段。但由于PCR技术的高度敏感性和古代DNA含量的极其微量性,古代DNA研究也极易受现代DNA污染。如何甄别所获得的DNA是真实的古代DNA而不是污染的现代DNA是所有古代DNA研究工作者都要面临的挑战,污染的控制和识别也因此成为古代DNA研究中一个至关重要的问题。本文将着重讨论在古代DNA研究的各个步骤中应如何进行有效的污染控制和识别。     

十二生肖(十二属种动物)与人类进化论——人类起源的探索(四)

考古学和世界原始文化的未解之谜 围绕着人类起源之谜,人们在考古学和原始文化研究领域也遇到许多"迷惑不解"的现象.尤其对于"神话"(传说)更是各执一辞莫衷一是.     

他们脚踏黄土走来,我们追寻足迹而去——水洞沟遗址作为公众考古学典型案例的分析

公众考古学并不同于传统考古学的其他分支学科,它是在社会经济的发展、信息咨询的迅猛更新,特别是考古学发现积累到一定阶段、考古研究水平到达一个高度之后,由于公众文化水平的逐渐提高、对文化内容的了解有很大需求,而诞生出来的新的研究方向。它的出发点和落脚点和考古学如出一辙:公众考古学从考古发现与研究成果入手,这和传统考古学的着眼点是     

A general view of the lower Palaeolithic of Turkey

Turkey is one of the rich countries in terms of the Lower Palaeolithic period. The favourable climatic and environmental conditions and quality stone raw material resources in the Pleistocene period caused the country to be heavily occupied by the people of the Lower Palaeolithic. Turkey has biface and flake industries of the Lower Palaeolithic period. Biface industries are more common in open-air sites and are often linked to the Acheulean. Biface tools are only found in the deposits of Karain Cave. The eastern and south-eastern parts of Turkey are the densest regions in terms of biface industries. This density decreases towards the west. However, this general appearance may have resulted from the insufficient level of excavations and surveys of Palaeolithic archaeology throughout the country. In this article, we try to draw a general framework of the Lower Palaeolithic period in Turkey, based on the important Lower Palaeolithic settlements in the country.     

The Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in Cova Gran (Catalunya, Spain) and the extinction of Neanderthals in the Iberian Peninsula

The excavations carried out in Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern PrePyrenees, Catalunya, Spain) have unearthed a new archaeological sequence attributable to the Middle Palaeoloithic/Upper Palaeolithic (MP/UP) transition. This article presents data on the stratigraphy, archaeology, and ¹⁴C AMS dates of three Early Upper Palaeolithic and four Late Middle Palaeolithic levels excavated in Cova Gran. All these archaeological levels fall within the 34-32 ka time span, the temporal frame in which major events of Neanderthal extinction took place. The earliest Early Upper Palaeolithic (497D) and the latest Middle Palaeolithic (S1B) levels in Cova Gran are separated by a sterile gap and permit pinpointing the time period in which the Mousterian disappeared from Northeastern Spain. Technological differences between the Early Upper Palaeolithic and Late Middle Palaeolithic industries in Cova Gran support a cultural rupture between the two periods. A series of 12 ¹⁴C AMS dates prompts reflections on the validity of reconstructions based on radiocarbon data. Thus, results from excavations in Cova Gran lead us to discuss the scenarios relating the MP/UP transition in the Iberian Peninsula, a region considered a refuge of late Neanderthal populations.     

Chronologie du Paléolithique supérieur dans le Nord-Est de la principale île du Japon

Palaeolithic archaeology in Tohoku region has long been discussed on constructing chronology, however it is difficult to build reliable chronological order because of poor stratigraphic excavations. In recent radiocarbon dating has advanced. In this paper I discuss the relation between chronology and radiocarbon dating in Tohoku region. At first, I categorize the Palaeolithic industries and establish the chronology by analyzing tool typology, lithic technology, and stratigraphic data. I correlate it with radiocarbon data from sites in Tohoku region. The result of analysis shows that Upper Palaeolithic industries are divided into 18 categories and 8 periods on chronology. The calibration curve IntCal 13 indicated that oldest Early Upper Palaeolithic site appeared around 37,000 cal BP, and late Upper Palaeolithic started about 27,000 cal BP. The pottery first appeared as far back as around 16,000 cal BP. Now we do not have enough radiocarbon data, so we have to gather and examine more ¹⁴C data.     

The Magdalenian Colonization of Southern Germany

Although the topics of migration and colonization have received renewed archaeological attention in recent years, their relevance to the deep past of hunter-gatherer archaeology has been debated. The Magdalenian colonization of southern Germany after the last glacial maximum, ca. 15,000-13,000 B.P., presents a case study in which many of the debated issues can be explored. Environmental change and relative demographic pressure played a causal role in population movements, leading to a gradual, discontinuous expansion from the Franco-cantabrian refugium. Active social strategies to overcome the risks facing frontier groups helped maintain remarkable uniformity in material culture across hundreds of kilometers, despite shifts in subsistence and settlement patterns required in the newly occupied areas, [archaeology. Palaeolithic, Europe, migration]     

The influence of raw material qualities in the lithic technology of Gran Dolina (Units TD6 and TD10) and Galería (Sierra de Atapuerca,Burgos, Spain): A view from experimental archeology

This paper analyses the qualities of the raw materials used in two Palaeolithic sites (Gran Dolina and Galería) of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain) during the Lower and Middle Pleistocene, and their influence in the development of knapping. These sites offer a chronological sequence that allows us to study the evolution of lithic technology at a local scale during 1.2 Ma. Combining technological analysis and experimental archaeology has proven to be an excellent tool for the understanding and the interpretation of the qualities of raw materials and their relation with the development of the gestures, methods and techniques.     

科技考古研究范式之思考

范式自20世纪60年代创立以来,已普遍使用于多个科学研究领域,并于七八十年代引入至考古学。目前,国内外学界对考古学的研究范式有不少讨论,但对科技考古的研究范式的认知仍属空白。本文在简要介绍科学研究范式和考古学研究范式的基础上,首次提出了科技考古研究的3种范式,即科技范式、考古范式、科技考古融合范式,详细阐述了3种研究范式的理论、方法、实践等。此外,本文还指出：科技范式是推动科技考古研究发展的“发动机”,考古范式是掌控科技考古研究方向的“方向盘”,而科技考古融合范式则是协调科技考古各研究领域的“中控台”,真正让科技与考古融为一体。最后,笔者还对在科技考古研究范式下如何构建研究人员的知识体系提出了一些看法。     

From Passive Periphery to Active Agents: Emerging Perspectives in the Archaeology of Interregional Interaction

Traditional archaeological approaches to interregional interaction or culture contact have relied on unidirectional, Eurocentric interpretive frameworks such as the world systems and acculturation models. More recently, researchers from diverse fields such as prehistoric archaeology, the archaeology of ancient literate societies, and historical archaeology have begun to develop a new perspective on interregional interaction. Problems with these more traditional approaches to the archaeology of interregional interaction are summarized, and the main elements are outlined for a new research perspective to study culture contact. A set of methods are suggested to translate this theoretical framework into effective field research. Finally, the expansion of Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium B.C. Uruk period is presented as a case study to illustrate some of the ways that models derived from this emerging perspective can be used to better understand interregional interaction in the world's earliest known colonial system. [Keywords: interregional interaction, culture contact, colonies, trade diasporas, Mesopotamia]     

Fat Residue and Use-Wear Found on Acheulian Biface and Scraper Associated with Butchered Elephant Remains at the Site of Revadim,Israel

The archaeological record indicates that elephants must have played a significant role in early human diet and culture during Palaeolithic times in the Old World. However, the nature of interactions between early humans and elephants is still under discussion. Elephant remains are found in Palaeolithic sites, both open-air and cave sites, in Europe, Asia, the Levant, and Africa. In some cases elephant and mammoth remains indicate evidence for butchering and marrow extraction performed by humans. Revadim Quarry (Israel) is a Late Acheulian site where elephant remains were found in association with characteristic Lower Palaeolithic flint tools. In this paper we present results regarding the use of Palaeolithic tools in processing animal carcasses and rare identification of fat residue preserved on Lower Palaeolithic tools. Our results shed new light on the use of Palaeolithic stone tools and provide, for the first time, direct evidence (residue) of animal exploitation through the use of an Acheulian biface and a scraper. The association of an elephant rib bearing cut marks with these tools may reinforce the view suggesting the use of Palaeolithic stone tools in the consumption of large game.     

Les occupations humaines du Nord du Maroc,du Paléolithique Moyen et du Paléolithique Supérieur. Nouvelles données sur la base des recherches archéologiques des projets de 2005 à 2020

In this work, we present a synthetic panorama of the human occupations of northern Morocco, with an emphasis on the association of anthropological with cultural records, within the framework of the Middle Palaeolithic (MSA) and the Upper Palaeolithic. We also present the projects developed over the past 15 years and the most interesting results we have obtained. And we conclude bay providing some reflections on the cultural and historical evaluation of the archaeological records from the Tetouan region in the Middle and the Upper Palaeolithic phases.