Ayacucho Culture

Japanese: アヤクチョ文化 - あやくちょぶんか
Ayacucho Culture

…The Paleo-Indian culture is dated to the Upper Pleistocene and the beginning of the Alluvial Epoch, and is broadly divided into the Pre-Projectile Point culture, the Projectile Point culture, and the Paleo-Arctic culture, based on differences in stone tool production techniques and associated fauna. The Pre-Projectile Point culture is characterized by crude flake stone tools and pebble tools, and is represented by the Pacaycasa culture and the Ayacucho culture in Peru, and is dated to 14,000 to 15,000 years ago. This culture is said to represent the earliest human migration to the New World, but there are mixed opinions about this interpretation. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Ayacucho culture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…パレオ・インディアンPaleo‐Indian文化は時期的には上部洪積世から沖積世初頭に位置づけられ,石器製作技術や共伴する動物相のちがいにより,プレ・プロジェクタイル・ポイント文化,プロジェクタイル・ポイント文化,パレオ極北文化に大別される。プレ・プロジェクタイル・ポイント文化は粗雑な剝片石器や礫器に特徴づけられ,ペルーのパカイカサ文化,アヤクチョ文化などに代表され,1万4000~1万5000年以前に比定されている。この段階の文化は新大陸への最古の人類の渡来を表すといわれているが,その解釈については賛否両論がある。…

※「アヤクチョ文化」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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