ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Prepared-Core Technique, Lomekwi, Bipedalism
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"pithecanthropus erectus. : homo floresiensis -- island of flores (~700,000-~50,000 mya), lb1 skeleton, 1m tall, cranial capacity 417 cc. Language: what cultural practices were present, burials, altruism, tools -- three age system, stone age, paleolithic (old stone age; lower, middle, upper), bronze age. Iron age: tools, lomekwian tools -- 3. 3 mya, oldowon tools -- 2. 3-1. 8 mya (unifacial), lower paleolithic, acheulian handaxe (bifacial), appears in africa -- ~1. 75 mya, used by homo erectus. It was later discovered that these handaxes were also made on the east side: an eastern population of h. erectus independently invented handaxes around 800,000 years ago, middle paleolithic (300-40 kya): Invented by homo heidelbergensis: prepared core technique: Step one: preparing the core by pressuring-flaking along the sides or top, or knocking off smaller flakes. Step two: knocking off one end of the core to get a striking platform of a consistent shape. Striking the core at the striking platform and removing a flake.
