ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Homo Heidelbergensis, Cranial Vault, Homo Erectus

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

Document Summary

Homo erectus gave rise to a bigger brained descendent. Probably occurred in africa or western eurasia. Mosaic of h. erectus & h. sapien traits. Stemmed points, composite tools, hafted spears, knives, scrapers. Carefully preparing stone core then producing finished implement with a single blow. Attaching small stone bifaces & flakes to handles of wood. Foreign raw materials: stone > 300 km from source. Yellow & red pigments: (iron oxide, common in africa, ritual. Important neandertal sites: la chapelle aux saints in s. france, st. cesaire, sw france, krapina, croatia, vindija, croatia, tabun, israel, kebara, israel, shanidar, iraq, tehik-tash, uzbekistan. Neandertals & archaic h. sapiens in africa, asia. Cooperation for shared accommodation & large game hunting. Art: 1st appeared in africa (200,000 ya, 2 pigments: yellow & red ochre, carved & engraved objects. Lower paleolithic: oldowan tool technology homo erectus. 1. 8 mya (africa) 300,000 ya (se asia) Acheulean tool technology (africa, europe, sw asia)