Back(s) to basics: The concept of backing in stone tool technologies for tracing hominins' technical innovations.

IF 4.6 2区 社会学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Evolutionary Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI:10.1002/evan.22045
Davide Delpiano, Brad Gravina, Marco Peresani
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The evolution of Paleolithic stone tool technologies is characterized by gradual increase in technical complexity along with changes in the composition of assemblages. In this respect, the emergence of retouched-backed tools is an important step and, for some, a proxy for "modern" behavior. However, backed tools emerge relatively early and develop together with major changes in Middle-Upper Pleistocene stone tool technologies. We provide an updated review of the emergence and development of the "backing" concept across multiple chrono-cultural contexts and discuss its relationship to both the emergence of hafting and major evolutionary steps in the ergonomics of stone tool use. Finally, we address potential mechanisms of context-specific re-invention of backing based primarily on data from the late Middle Paleolithic of Western Europe.

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返璞归真:石器技术中的 "背靠背 "概念,用于追溯类人猿的技术创新。
旧石器时代石器技术演变的特点是技术复杂性逐渐增加,同时器物组合的构成也发生了变化。在这方面,有背修饰工具的出现是重要的一步,对某些人来说,它是 "现代 "行为的代表。然而,有背工具出现得相对较早,而且是与中上更新世石器技术的重大变化一起发展起来的。我们对 "背负 "概念在多种年代文化背景下的出现和发展进行了最新的回顾,并讨论了它与锄具的出现以及石器使用工效学的主要演化步骤之间的关系。最后,我们主要根据西欧旧石器时代中晚期的数据,探讨了在特定环境中重新发明 "靠背 "的潜在机制。
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期刊介绍: Evolutionary Anthropology is an authoritative review journal that focuses on issues of current interest in biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, archaeology, functional morphology, social biology, and bone biology — including dentition and osteology — as well as human biology, genetics, and ecology. In addition to lively, well-illustrated articles reviewing contemporary research efforts, this journal also publishes general news of relevant developments in the scientific, social, or political arenas. Reviews of noteworthy new books are also included, as are letters to the editor and listings of various conferences. The journal provides a valuable source of current information for classroom teaching and research activities in evolutionary anthropology.
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