ANTH 201 Chapter 1-12: Textbook notes.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 201
• Professor: Michael Bisson

Document Summary

Pleistocene: the geological era that began 1. 8 million years ago, characterized by the frequent buildup and retreat of continental ice sheets. Oxygen isotope curve: the record of fluctuations in global climate during the. Gran dolina, atapuerca: a cave in spain where stone told and hominin dated to. These artifacts are the oldest reliable evidence of human occupation of western europe. Bose: a site in southern china that produced a stone tool industry that includes handaxes dated to 800,000 years ago. Gesther benot ya"akov: an acheulian site in israel dating to 80,000 years ago that has produced limited evidence for the use of fire and for cracking of nuts. Eurasian acheulian: a stone tool industry found on sites throughout the middle east and europe beginning 500,000 years ago. The handaxe is the characteristic tool of this industry. Boxgrove: one of the oldest known acheulian sites in europe, located in england and dated to 500,000 years ago.