Technological successions in the Middle Stone Age sequence of Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Western Cape, South Africa

被引:157
作者
Porraz, Guillaume [1 ]
Texier, Pierre-Jean [2 ]
Archer, Will [3 ,4 ]
Piboule, Michel [5 ]
Rigaud, Jean-Philippe [2 ]
Tribolo, Chantal [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Paris 10, CNRS, MAE, UMR ArScAn AnTET 7041, F-92023 Nanterre, France
[2] Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR PACEA 5199, F-33405 Talence, France
[3] Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Human Evolut Dept, Leipzig, Germany
[4] Univ Cape Town, Dept Archaeol, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa
[5] Univ Grenoble 1, Grenoble, France
[6] Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, IRAMAT CRP2A, UMR 5060, Pessac, France
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Middle Stone Age; Anatomically modern humans; Upper Pleistocene; Lithic technology; Still Bay; Howiesons Poort; MODERN HUMAN-BEHAVIOR; POST-HOWIESONS POORT; STILL BAY POINTS; KLASIES RIVER; BACKED ARTIFACTS; BLOMBOS CAVE; SIBUDU CAVE; TOOL; VARIABILITY; CHRONOLOGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.012
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
The southern African MSA comprises a series of phases of unique technological innovations that fuel current models on the evolutionary processes of Anatomically Modern Humans. However, the nature and variability of these technological phases remain poorly documented. This study reports on the previously unpublished sequence of Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa) and investigates the main technological changes therein, particularly emphasizing the emergence, succession and disappearance of the Still Bay (SB) and the Howiesons Poort (HP). We argue for technological change that occurred at different rates and under the influence of variable driving factors. Our model implies that the SB and the HP are not related to the influx of new populations but have regionally specific origins. Unlike the other techno-complexes, the HP at Diepkloof is subdivided into different phases (Early, Intermediate and Late) but only the upper phases resemble the so-called "classic" HP. Finally, the technological sequence of Diepkloof questions the homogeneous picture which has been so far assumed for the southern African MSA and places emphasis on the importance of exploring long regional sequences. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3376 / 3400
页数:25
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