Perishable Technology and the Successful Peopling of South America

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2019.1686849

J. Adovasio, T. Dillehay

引用次数: 6

Abstract

ABSTRACT Recent research demonstrates that perishable industries – specifically including the manufacture of textiles, basketry, cordage, and netting – were a well-established, integral component of the Upper Paleolithic milieu in many parts of the Old World. Moreover, extant data suggest that not only were these synergistic technologies part and parcel of the armamentarium of the first migrants to the New World, but, also, that these technologies played critical, and hitherto, largely unappreciated roles in the ecological success of late Pleistocene populations, notably including the first South Americans. This paper examines the evidence for, and varied roles of, early plant fiber technology in highland and lowland South America and also examines the adaptive qualities, potential impacts on social organization, and alteration of food procurement strategies implicit in this fundamentally crucial series of interrelated industries.

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易逝的技术与南美洲人民的成功

摘要最近的研究表明，易腐行业——特别是纺织品、篮子、绳索和网的制造——是旧世界许多地区旧石器时代晚期环境中一个公认的、不可或缺的组成部分。此外，现有数据表明，这些协同技术不仅是第一批移民到新世界的武器装备的一部分，而且，这些技术在更新世晚期人口（尤其是第一批南美洲人）的生态成功中发挥了关键作用，迄今为止，这些技术基本上没有得到重视。本文研究了早期植物纤维技术在南美洲高地和低地的证据和不同作用，还研究了这一系列至关重要的相互关联行业中隐含的适应性、对社会组织的潜在影响以及食品采购策略的改变。

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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.