Measuring the Complexity of Lithic Technology
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Perreault, Charles1; Brantingham, P. Jeffrey2; Kuhn, Steven L.3; Wurz, Sarah4; Gao, Xing5 |
| 刊名 | CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2013-12-01 |
| 卷号 | 54页码:S397-S406 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | Assessments of the complexity of lithic technologies coming from different time periods, regions, or hominid species are recurrent features of the literature on Paleolithic archaeology. Yet the notion of lithic complexity is often defined intuitively and qualitatively, which can easily lead to circular arguments and makes difficult the comparison of assemblages across different regions and time periods. Here we propose, in the spirit of Oswalt''s techno-units, that the complexity of lithic technology can be quantified by counting the procedural units involved in tool manufacture. We define procedural units as mutually exclusive manufacturing steps that make a distinct contribution to the finished form of a technology. As a proof of concept, we use the procedural-unit approach to measure the complexity of 13 Paleolithic assemblages. While preliminary, these results provide a quantitative benchmark confirming that lithic technological complexity increased throughout the Paleolithic period. The method to measure lithic complexity outlined here will allow us to revisit several claims made about change in technological complexity during human evolution. |
| WOS关键词 | MIDDLE STONE-AGE ; MODERN HUMAN-BEHAVIOR ; SAMPLE-SIZE ; HUMAN-EVOLUTION ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; TOOL ; CULTURE ; VARIABILITY ; PLEISTOCENE ; DEMOGRAPHY |
| WOS研究方向 | Anthropology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000330790400017 |
| 源URL | [http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7324]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古人类及旧石器研究室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Missouri, Dept Anthropol, Columbia, MO 65211 USA 2.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Anthropol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA 3.Univ Arizona, Sch Anthropol, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA 4.Univ Witwatersrand, Inst Human Evolut, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Perreault, Charles,Brantingham, P. Jeffrey,Kuhn, Steven L.,et al. Measuring the Complexity of Lithic Technology[J]. CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY,2013,54:S397-S406. |
| APA | Perreault, Charles,Brantingham, P. Jeffrey,Kuhn, Steven L.,Wurz, Sarah,&Gao, Xing.(2013).Measuring the Complexity of Lithic Technology.CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY,54,S397-S406. |
| MLA | Perreault, Charles,et al."Measuring the Complexity of Lithic Technology".CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY 54(2013):S397-S406. |
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来源：古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
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