Selenga River human dispersal path in Initial Upper Paleolithic  

旧石器时代晚期初段色楞格河人类的扩散路线

作　　者：Evgeny P RYBIN Arina M KHATSENOVICH 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography,Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science,Novosibirsk 630090,Russian Federation

出　　处：《人类学学报》2024年第5期780-796,共17页Acta Anthropologica Sinica

摘　　要：Here,we consider earlier Upper Paleolithic sites in the Selenga River Basin,the main fluvial input of Lake Baikal that flows through northern Mongolia and the southwestern Transbaikal region of Russia.Lithic industries from these sites can be attributed to the laminar Initial Upper Paleolithic(IUP)technocomplex,widespread in southern Siberia and Central Asia.IUP industries appear in the Selenga Basin about 45 kaBP cal.Aspects of regional typological variability and the transport of exotic raw materials over long distances indicate that these populations participated in developed exchange networks and employed high mobility targeting the acquisition of necessary raw materials.Two site types are present:quarry-workshops in northern Mongolia and generalized activity settlements in the southwestern Transbaikal.Although faunal data are limited,we interpret available information as indicating a specialization on hunting,focusing on migrating steppe game species.The distribution of sites in the mid-altitudes and landscapes of the Selenga-Orkhon geographical region and the geomorphological homogeneity of this territory also supported interregional human moves during the IUP.色楞格河(Selenga river)作为贝加尔湖的关键输入河流,蜿蜒流经蒙古国北部以及俄罗斯西南部的外贝加尔区域。本文针对色楞格河流域旧石器时代晚期早段的遗址展开了深入研究。这些遗址的石器工业可归入旧石器时代晚期初段(IUP)石叶技术体系范畴,且在西伯利亚南部和中亚有着广泛的分布。IUP工业于色楞格河现身的时间大致在45000年前,区域内石器类型的变迁以及远距离外来原料的输入,彰显此地人群拥有发达的交换网络,并通过高流动性来获取所需原料。该区域存有两种遗址类型,即蒙古国北部的原料采集地以及外贝加尔地区的一般性活动场所。尽管动物化石材料有限,但可解读出的信息暗示了专业化的狩猎行动,猎物主要为迁徙的草原动物种类。遗址大多分布于中海拔区域以及色楞格-鄂尔浑(Orkhon)地理区域的景观之内,该地区地貌的同质性也为IUP期间人类区域间的流动提供了有力支撑。

关 键 词：Central Asia Initial Upper Paleolithic MIGRATION raw material HUNTING 

分 类 号：K871.11[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学]