ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Cranial Vault, Striking Platform, Homo Erectus
Document Summary
Archaic homo sapiens (850, 000 200,000 ya) Archaic homo sapiens specimen from east africa (600, 000) Evidence of defleshing from tool marks on the zygomatic bone. Secondary burial: after someone dies, bury them so bones get cleaned off, dig them back up clean their bones a bit more then use them for a ritual or something. The widest point of the skull located high up. Exhibits midfacial prognathism and strongly arched brow ridges. Step 1: preparing the core by flaking along the sides and top. Step 2: knocking off one end of the core to get a striking platform of a consistent shape. Step 3: striking the core at the striking platform and removing a flake. Step 4: re-shaping the core to allow removal of another flake, and to continue the process (optional depending on how much core is left) Paleolithic (old stone age: lower, middle, upper) Cranial capacity on average larger than in modern humans.
