ANT200Y1 Lecture Notes - Straight Edge, Cave Painting, Homo Erectus
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Transition from lower to middle paleolithic is difficult to define. Narrow range of tool types dominated by side scrapers. Biggest difference between flakes are how they are retouched. His interpretation of neanderthal society was that they lived in tribes, and. Interpretation: different industries represent culture groups that the differences in his graphs represented the different ethnic tribes. Imagine a group of neanderthals going, hey, guys, go count their side scrapers, and if they have more than 7% simple concave side scrapers, we massacre. The typology isn"t measuring type, its measuring the objects in the usage stages of their life. Advocating the view that neanderthals do not have culture, group identities, or symbolism. Interpretation: different industries reflect learned patterns of behavior. In order to make the stone tools like the neanderthals did, they needed skill and knowledge, and they followed certain rules.
