HI235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lower Paleolithic, Bubalus, Sahabah
Document Summary
Palaeo (old) + lithos (stone) = old stone age". How to determine what was made by people: Statistical impact of the environment (water, friction) Humans create irregular shapes out of stone. Artifacts made at this time were made by a people referred to as homo erectus. Handaxes - sharp on one end and round at the bottom. Called acheulean handaxes (originally found in france) Found in nag ahmed ell-khalifa in egypt. Create a turtle shell shape and pop the top off creating a smooth, sharp rock. Earliest human child body found in taramsa dated at around 50 000 bp. Skeleton is anatomically modern related to humans we know now. Climate became more dry allowing for human skeletons. First known cemetery found in gebel sahaba. All facing east on their left sides. Stone embedded in many of their bones. Neo (new) + lithos (stone) = new stone age. Relies on constant movement of places rather than settlements.
