Transitional lifeways and identity construction in the Early Neolithic of the Eastern Fertile Crescent.

东部新月沃地新石器时代早期的过渡生活方式和身份建构。

• 批准号: 2741019
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2741019
• 关键词: Transitional; lifeways; identity; construction; Early

Archaeological research tracing the development of agriculture and settled life in Southwest Asia has greatly contributed to current understandings of the forager-farmer or Neolithic transition (c. 10,000-6000 BCE). Nevertheless, while numerous studies have addressed major issues associated with this shift from zooarchaeological, archaeobotanical and micro-contextual perspectives, few works have concentrated on the lived experience of people by means of an integrated bioarchaeological analysis of their mortal remains.This project aims to provide new, human-centred perspectives on the Neolithic transition in the Eastern Fertile Crescent, a region comprising the Zagros uplands and plains of eastern Iraq and western Iran that, until recently, has remained archaeologically little explored. The research will involve an interdisciplinary exploration of human diet, activity and health at Early Neolithic Bestansur (Iraqi Kurdistan, c. 7700-7100 BCE) through the combined application of osteology and palaeopathology, stable isotope analysis and light microscopy of dental calculus to a sample of individuals from the site. The integration of cutting-edge methods and biocultural approaches within a coherent research structure promises access to seminal information on lifeways, human environment interactions and the negotiation of identities at a key site, ultimately contributing to broader discussions on life and complexity during a crucial episode of adaptive change.

考古研究追踪了西南亚农业发展和定居生命的发展，这极大地有助于当前对觅食者或新石器时代过渡的理解（约公元前10,000 - 6000年）。然而，尽管许多研究已经解决了与动物考古学，考古学和微观上下文的观点有关的重大问题，但很少有作品集中在人们通过对其凡人遗体的综合生物结构分析的生活经验上。关于东部肥沃的新月新石器时代过渡的新的，以人为本的观点，该地区包括伊拉克东部和伊朗东部的Zagros高地和平原，直到最近，该地区仍未探索过考古学。这项研究将涉及新石器时代早期Bestansur（伊拉克库尔德斯坦，c。7700-7100BCE）的人类饮食，活动和健康的跨学科探索，通过骨科学和古学病理学的综合应用，稳定的同位素分析和样品的光学显微镜，该网站的个人。在连贯的研究结构中，尖端方法和生物文化方法的整合有望在关键站点访问有关生命之道，人类环境相互作用和身份谈判的开创性信息，最终有助于对在关键情节中进行有关生活和复杂性的更广泛的讨论自适应变化。