ARCH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Acheulean, Hand Axe, Stone Tool

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: ARCH 100
• Professor: Ross Jamieson

Document Summary

The la chapelle: the fossil was the most complete skeleton of a neanderthal ever recovered. Provided a unique opportunity to understand the characteristics of this intriguing hominin: pleistocene: ice age. The geological era that began 1. 8 million years ago. Today"s sea level reflects the fact that we are living in an interglacial period: foraminifera: tiny organisms that live on the surface of the ocean. The skeletons of them are made of calcium carbonate, which absorbs oxygen from sea water & drifts to the sea floor after the organisms die: foraminifera absorb 2 isotopes of oxygen. These artifacts are the oldest reliable evidence of human occupation of western europe. Bifaces are made on very large flakes, & handaxes & cleavers are common: eurasian acheulian: a stone tool industry found on sites throughout the middle east & The handaxe is the characteristic tool of it: boxgrove: one of the oldest known acheulian sites in europe.