Questioning the Anthropic Nature of Pedra Furada and the Piauí Sites

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2021-10-28 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2021.1943181

Y. Coutouly

引用次数: 10

Abstract

ABSTRACT Many archaeologists are still skeptical about a human presence in the Americas during or before the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM), considering that the claim is not yet sustained by hard evidence. Boqueirão da Pedra Furada (Brazil) is one of the most famous pre-LGM claims, but the site has so far been considered ambiguous, and similar concerns have been raised about nearby sites. Nonetheless, for E. Boëda and co-workers, who have been working at these sites, researchers who are still skeptical about the anthropic origin of the assemblages have a psychological barrier and no scientific arguments. Are all skeptics completely blinded by their preconceptions that they cannot see the obvious and unambiguous evidence? To find out, I reviewed the numerous publications of the Piauí sites, and the outcome of my analysis is quite simple: the anthropic nature of the LGM/pre-LGM artifacts of the Piauí sites has not been demonstrated.

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质疑Pedra Furada和Piauí网站的人为性质

摘要许多考古学家仍然对晚冰川盛期（LGM）期间或之前美洲是否有人类存在持怀疑态度，认为这一说法尚未得到确凿证据的支持。Boqueirão da Pedra Furada（巴西）是前LGM时期最著名的遗址之一，但迄今为止，该遗址被认为是模糊的，附近的遗址也引发了类似的担忧。尽管如此，对于一直在这些地点工作的E.Boëda及其同事来说，仍然对这些集合的人类起源持怀疑态度的研究人员有心理障碍，没有科学依据。难道所有的怀疑论者都被他们的先入之见完全蒙蔽了双眼，他们看不到明显而明确的证据吗？为了找到答案，我查阅了皮亚伊遗址的大量出版物，我的分析结果很简单：皮亚伊遗址LGM/前LGM文物的人类学性质尚未得到证明。

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PaleoAmerica Earth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology

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期刊介绍： PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene. The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.