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Hominin Evolution: Stone Tools Overview

Hominin Evolution: Stone Tools Overview. Stone Tool Sequence. 5 different industries: Solutrean Magdalenian. Oldowan. Mousterian. Acheulian. Australopithecus garhi and Homo habilis. Neanderthals. Homo erectus. Homo sapiens. Oldowan Stone Tools.

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Hominin Evolution: Stone Tools Overview

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  1. Hominin Evolution: Stone Tools Overview

  2. Stone Tool Sequence • 5 different • industries: • Solutrean • Magdalenian Oldowan Mousterian Acheulian Australopithecus garhi and Homo habilis Neanderthals Homo erectus Homo sapiens

  3. Oldowan Stone Tools • Making simple flakes struck off ______________ • Bed I & Bed II at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) • Gona River in the Middle Awash region • Oldest formally recognized stone tool assemblage • ___________________________

  4. Oldowan Stone Tools Dated to: 1.5 to 2 million years ago

  5. Making of Oldowan Tools

  6. Oldowan Stone Tools • Australopithecus garhi • _______________ • Antelope remains: _________________ • Homo habils • Originally found among H. habilis • _________________

  7. Acheulian Stone Tools • More diverse, sophisticated • Spread from __________ • __________ stone was worked ________ • 2 manufacturing techniques: • 1. • 2.

  8. AcheulianStone Tools Graver, or burin Flint Point Flint Awl Quartzite Chopper

  9. Acheulian Stone Tool: ‘Biface’ Hand Ax • Dominant tool in _____________ • Characterized by: ____________ • Hard to soft hammer technique • Found in association with ___________ • Spanned the ______________________ of H. erectus

  10. Butchering and Scavenging • Hunting or scavenging? • Tool marks on animal bones discovered at H. erectus sites indicate: • Acquiring _______________ • 1. • 2. • _____________ the animals, including _______________

  11. Mousterian Stone Tools • Characterized by a __________________ than found in Acheulian tool kits Mousterian Toolkit – Including, from left to right: 1) Levalloiis point; 2) Perforator; 3) Side Scraper

  12. Mousterian Stone Tools • Developed for _________________________ • No evidence of _____________ • __________ is prevalent • NOVA Video Clip

  13. Homo sapiens’ Tools in Europe • Begin at _______________ • 5 industries, based on stone tool technologies • Chatelperronian • Aurignacian • Gravettian • Solutrean • Magdalenian • Major _________________ were occurring

  14. Solutrean Stone Tools • Upper Paleolithic skill & aesthetic • _________________ developed to the finest degree known • Referred to as _________________ • Made by ________________ • Were expertly flaked _________________ • Final products were _____________, but could also be considered a piece of ____

  15. Magdalenian Tools • ___________________ – wooden or bone hooked rod that extended the hunter’s arm • Bow and arrow use; punch blade technique • Decoration of these objects = _____________________

  16. Magdalenian Tools • Use of _____ __________ • Mladec bone awls and awls tips

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