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Did the use of bone flakes precede the use of knapped stone flakes in hominin meat processing and could this be detectable archaeologically?
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology ( IF 2.312 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-23 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101305
Rebecca Biermann Gürbüz , Stephen J. Lycett

The means by which hominins invented lithic cutting technology is currently unknown. However, the origin of stone knapping is frequently associated with nut-cracking, whereupon hominins are assumed to have accidentally produced flakes and/or transferred a percussive motion to stone cobbles. Here, we consider whether bone flakes produced during marrow acquisition might have inadvertently produced the first ever cutting tools, and whether such a hypothesis is archaeologically testable. Bone and stone flakes were compared during an experimental butchery activity and an examination of resulting cut marks was undertaken. Use of bone flakes leaves visible cut marks, which are quantitatively and qualitatively distinct from those produced by stone flakes. Accordingly, hominins could have used the expediently manufactured bone flakes during butchery, possibly even utilizing bone flakes prior to the invention of stone flakes. Indeed, this scenario is more parsimonious compared with more commonly considered alternatives. Moreover, our results indicate this scenario is archaeologically testable.



中文翻译:

在人肉加工过程中,是否使用骨薄片先于使用打结的石薄片,并且在考古学上可以检测到吗?

人参发明石板切割技术的方法目前未知。然而,石块打the的起源通常与坚果开裂有关,因此,假设人参素有偶然产生的薄片和/或敲击运动传递给石子小卵石。在这里,我们考虑是否有骨片采集骨髓过程中产生的假体可能无意中产生了有史以来的第一个切割工具,并且这种假设是否在考古学上是可检验的。在实验性屠宰活动期间比较了骨薄片和石片,并检查了产生的割痕。骨片的使用留下可见的切痕,其在数量和质量上与石片产生的痕迹不同。因此,人参素在屠宰期间可能已经使用了方便地制造的骨薄片,甚至可能在发明石薄片之前利用了骨薄片。的确,与更常见的替代方案相比,这种方案更为简化。此外,我们的结果表明,这种情况在考古上是可以测试的。

更新日期:2021-04-23
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