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| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.021 |
| The gateway to the oriental zone: Environmental change and palaeolithic behaviour in the Thar Desert | |
| Blinkhorn, James | |
| 通讯作者 | Blinkhorn, J (corresponding author), Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Pan African Evolut Res Grp, Jena, Germany. ; Blinkhorn, J (corresponding author), Royal Holloway Univ London, Ctr Quaternary Res, Dept Geog, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England. |
| 来源期刊 | QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
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| ISSN | 1040-6182 |
| EISSN | 1873-4553 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 卷号 | 596页码:79-92 |
| 英文摘要 | The global distribution of modern humans is unparalleled amongst other terrestrial fauna and explaining how we have become so uniquely successful is a topic of major debate in palaeoanthropology. Examining how past populations engaged and adapted to new ecologies, rather than just when and where they first appear in the fossil record, can best be rooted in broader studies of biogeography that explicitly recognize key thresholds between major ecozones. In this paper, focus is placed on the Thar Desert, marking the boundary between the Saharo-Arabian desert belt to the west and the monsoonal Oriental zone to the east as an example of such a boundary. The goal of this study is to provide a broad synthesis of available evidence from the region, aiming to clearly communicate the nature of the existing Palaeolithic record and to identify tension and contradiction within it as foci for future research. Following review of modern ecology and palaeoenvironmental archives from the region, a quantitative analysis of the Palaeolithic record of the Thar Desert is presented. Hierarchical clustering is used to evaluate the extent to which typological constellations within stone tool assemblages reflect the top level terminology used to group Palaeolithic behaviour, revealing six broad clusters of assemblages and three clusters of artefact types. A more detailed appraisal of dated and stratified assemblages highlights rare patterns of exclusion between Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic and Late Palaeolithic assemblages alongside more prominent proportional differences in assemblage composition. These results are discussed in the broader context of key behavioural changes in Palaeolithic South Asia and the expansion of modern humans. |
| 英文关键词 | South asia Thar desert Palaeolithic Stone tool technology Cluster analysis |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000663698900002 |
| WOS关键词 | LATE QUATERNARY ; LUMINESCENCE CHRONOLOGY ; INDIAN SUBCONTINENT ; SOUTHERN MARGIN ; EASTERN MARGIN ; MODERN HUMANS ; LEVEL CHANGES ; SAURASHTRA ; OCCUPATION ; SEDIMENTS |
| WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
| 来源机构 | University of London |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351454 |
| 作者单位 | [Blinkhorn, James] Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Pan African Evolut Res Grp, Jena, Germany; [Blinkhorn, James] Royal Holloway Univ London, Ctr Quaternary Res, Dept Geog, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Blinkhorn, James. The gateway to the oriental zone: Environmental change and palaeolithic behaviour in the Thar Desert[J]. University of London,2021,596:79-92. |
| APA | Blinkhorn, James.(2021).The gateway to the oriental zone: Environmental change and palaeolithic behaviour in the Thar Desert.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,596,79-92. |
| MLA | Blinkhorn, James."The gateway to the oriental zone: Environmental change and palaeolithic behaviour in the Thar Desert".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 596(2021):79-92. |
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