DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.017
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84903612624
论文题名: Hominin reactions to herbivore distribution in the lower palaeolithic of the southern levant
作者: Devès M. ; Sturdy D. ; Godet N. ; King G.C.P. ; Bailey G.N.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2014
卷: 96 起始页码: 140
结束页码: 160
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Edaphic potential
; Hominin site locations
; Large herbivores
; Lower Palaeolithic
; Seasonal movements
Scopus关键词: Geology
; Mapping
; Productivity
; Vegetation
; Geology
; Mapping
; Productivity
; Vegetation
; Edaphic potential
; Large herbivores
; Lower Palaeolithic
; Seasonal movements
; Site location
; Animals
; Animals
; dating method
; dominance
; herbivore
; hominid
; landscape change
; mapping
; Paleolithic
; population distribution
; seasonal variation
; soil water
; anthropology
; archaeology
; movement
; outcrop
; paleoenvironment
; paleoproductivity
; site selection
; spatial distribution
; water retention
; Israel
; Levant
; Mediterranean Region
; Animalia
; Elephantidae
; Mammalia
英文摘要: We explore the relationship between the edaphic potential of soils and the mineral properties of the underlying geology as a means of mapping the differential productivity of different areas of the Pleistocene landscape for large herbivores. These factors strongly control the health of grazing animals irrespective of the particular types of vegetation growing on them, but they have generally been neglected in palaeoanthropological studies in favour of a more general emphasis on water and vegetation, which provide an incomplete picture. Taking the Carmel-Galilee-Golan region as an example, we show how an understanding of edaphic potential provides insight into how animals might have exploited the environment. In order to simplify the analysis, we concentrate on the Lower Palaeolithic period and the very large animals that dominate the archaeofaunal assemblages of this period. Topography and the ability of soils to retain water also contribute to the differential productivity and accessibility of different regions and to patterns of seasonal movements of the animals, which are essential to ensure a supply of healthy fodder throughout the year, especially for large animals such as elephants, which require substantial regions of good grazing and browsing. Other animals migrating in groups have similar needs. The complex topography of the Southern Levant with frequent sudden and severe changes in gradient, and a wide variety of landforms including rocky outcrops, cliffs, gorges, and ridges, places major limits on these patterns of seasonal movements. We develop methods of mapping these variables, based on the geology and our substantial field experience, in order to create a framework of landscape variation that can be compared with the locations and contents of archaeological sites to suggest ways in which early hominins used the variable features of the landscape to target animal prey, and extend the analysis to the consideration of smaller mammals that were exploited more intensively after the disappearance of the elephants. We consider some of the ways in which this regional-scale approach can be further tested and refined, and advocate the development of such studies as an essential contribution to understanding the wider pattern of hominin dispersal. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60229
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作者单位: Institut de Physique du Globe, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris, France; The Southern Levant Human Environment Project, 1200 Tamarind Road, Dasmarinas Village, Makati City, 1222 Manila, Philippines; Department of Archaeology, University of York, The King's Manor, York YO1 7EP, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Devès M.,Sturdy D.,Godet N.,et al. Hominin reactions to herbivore distribution in the lower palaeolithic of the southern levant[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2014-01-01,96