ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Iron Oxide, Homo Habilis, Lower Paleolithic

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT101H5
• Professor: Sherry Fukuzawa

Document Summary

Homo heidelbergensis (transitional forms: 600,000-800,000 ya, homo erectus gave rise to a bigger brained descendent, probably occurred in africa or western eurasia, primitive features. Asia: 100,000-580,000 ya, yunxian 580,000 ya. Mosaic of h. erectus & h. sapien traits: primitive features. European transitional sites: 250,000-500,000 ya, sierra de atapuerca, spain (sima de los huesos) Prototype specimen: gran dolina, sierra de atapuerca, spain. Striking platform method: africa, europe, india. 200,000-300,000 ya common by 100,000 ya. Stemmed points, composite tools, hafted spears, knives, scrapers. Advantages over acheulean: smaller, longer edged flakes, sharper edges, more time efficient. Carefully preparing stone core then producing finished implement with a single blow: chip core around sides & top, tortoise core produced, well aimed blow at one end, detach flake of predetermined size & shape. Attaching small stone bifaces & flaked to handles of wood. Foreign raw materials: stone > 300 km from source. Yellow & red pigments: (iron oxide, common in africa, ritual.