Simek J F, Smith F H
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996, USA.
J Hum Evol. 1997 Jun;32(6):561-75. doi: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0129.
This study presents the results of the first recent analysis of stone tool assemblages from Krapina (Croatia). All assemblages are Pleistocene in age and many are associated with human remains, the Krapina Neandertals. The assemblages are described typologically and technologically, and subtle chronological changes in raw material selection and technology of tool blank production are observed. These changes involve increasingly sophisticated and selective use of lithic materials. Changing artefact assemblages are considered in light of variability in the hominids from Krapina, and are interpreted as reflecting behavioral change among Neandertals rather than between Neandertal and modern human populations.
本研究展示了对来自克罗地亚克拉皮纳的石器组合进行的首次近期分析结果。所有组合的年代均为更新世,其中许多与人类遗骸,即克拉皮纳尼安德特人有关。对这些组合进行了类型学和技术方面的描述,并观察到原材料选择和工具坯料生产技术方面细微的年代变化。这些变化涉及对石质材料越来越复杂和有选择性的使用。根据克拉皮纳原始人类的变异性来考虑不断变化的人工制品组合,并将其解释为反映了尼安德特人之间而非尼安德特人与现代人类群体之间的行为变化。