ANTH 3030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Flake Tool, Middle Paleolithic, Uniface
1 Jun 2014
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Topic 4: the earliest traces of human behaviour. Stone tools: the earliest indications of material culture. One of the major behavioural traits which sets humans apart from other animals is the variety and frequency of our manufacture and use of tools, and our dependence on them. Culture is the primary avenue through which humans adapt to their environment. Tools are and were made of stone, wood, bone, antler, skin, bark, leaves, etc. , but stone tools are by far the most likely to be preserved from all periods, since they are resistant to destruction. Based on fracture, not ground or carved Requires homogeneous material without natural grain - eg. flint, obsidian. When force is applied, force wave spreads regularly in a conical shape from point of impact; a flake is detached from the core scar . Either the flake or the core is used to produce a tool ( core tool vs. flake tool )
