THE MIDDLE STONE-AGE SOUTH OF THE LIMPOPO RIVER

被引:90
作者
THACKERAY, AI [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WITWATERSRAND,DEPT ARCHAEOL,WITWATERSRAND 2050,SOUTH AFRICA
关键词
MIDDLE STONE AGE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; MODERN HOMO-SAPIENS;
D O I
10.1007/BF00975633
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
Current interest in the origins of anatomically modern Homo sapiens has focused attention on early modern human remains and related archaeological materials associated with the southern African Middle Stone Age. While the anatomically modern status and a Last Interglacial or later age for the human fossils enjoy general support, issues related to the definition of the Middle Stone Age, its dating, and the interpretation of human behavior lack consensus. Available evidence suggests that the anatomically modern human skeleton appeared well before many aspects of the subsistence and symbolic behavior that characterize recent foragers and that Middle Stone Age technology persisted longer in southern Africa than its northern hemisphere counterpart. © 1992 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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页码:385 / 440
页数:56
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