ANTH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Europe 1, Striking Platform, Biostratigraphy
20 Sep 2016
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Levallois prepared core technology: production of consistently shaped flakes from carefully prepared cores, controlled shape and size of flakes c. Vertesszollos, hungary: hominid remains, cobble tools, 400 kya, discrete concentrations of burnt bones in hearths. Bilingsleben, germany: hominid remains, cobble tools, 400 kya, discrete clusters of wood charcoal in hearths. Fire hardened wooden spears from schoningen, germany and clacton on the sea, england. Evidence hunting and potential importance of organic, perishable materials. Summary: homo heidelbergensis biology anticipating neanderthals, first to develop levallois technology from the acheulean b. i. La chappelle, france one of the earliest sites. Primarily in eastern and western europe: emerged in europe about 200 kya, prevalent there for about 150 kya, spread to south western siberia by 100 kya and south western asia by 70 kya, disappeared by 40-45 kya. Thought to be related to mastication and use of teeth as tools. Such as a vice, or using their teeth to hold or grip onto something.
