Human Agency in the Modification of Lestodon Bones at Arroyo del Vizcaíno? A Reply to Holcomb et al. (2022)

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2022.2137926

M. Domínguez‐Rodrigo, E. Baquedano

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Early human presence in America still is a contentious issue in Anthropology. Recent evaluation of bone surface modifications on remains of Lestodon in the 30,000 year-old Arroyo del Vizcaíno (ADV) site (Uruguay) by objective computer vision methods have been contested on non-taphonomic grounds, by criticizing the algorithms used to interpret them. Here, we respond to these criticisms emphasizing that: a) the models used are experimentally and computationally solid, b) criticism of our machine learning approach is unfounded, c) these models provide the best objective evidence to the potential presence of anthropogenic agency in the ADV site by not being able to differentiate some of the ADV marks from experimentally-made stone tool cut marks, and d) ADV is palimpsestic and its formation history has to be determined by future taphonomic research.

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阿罗约·德尔·莱斯顿骨修饰中的人类代理Vizcaíno?对Holcomb等人(2022)的答复

摘要早期人类在美国的存在仍然是人类学中一个有争议的问题。最近，通过客观的计算机视觉方法对有30000年历史的Arroyo del Vizcaíno（ADV）遗址（乌拉圭）的Lestodon遗骸的骨表面修饰进行了评估，但由于批评了用于解释这些表面修饰的算法，这一评估在非考古方面存在争议。在这里，我们回应了这些批评，强调：a）所使用的模型在实验和计算上都是可靠的，b）对我们的机器学习方法的批评是没有根据的，c）这些模型提供了最佳的客观证据，证明ADV遗址中可能存在人为活动，因为它们无法将一些ADV标记与实验制作的石器切割标记区分开来，并且d）ADV是重写的，其形成历史必须由未来的考古研究来确定。

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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.