AHCL 2201 Lecture Notes - Animal Husbandry, 4Th Millennium Bc, Prehistoric Egypt
29 Jan 2014
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The prehistoric - period: lower paleolithic, middle paleolithic, upper paleolithic, late paleolithic, epilithic. 700,000 - 7,000 bp: primarily hunter-gatherers, pre-pottery, no settlements, what was produced has not survived well, problem with preservation o preservation. An issue of the fluvial transfer: in lower nubian region we have many different paleolithic sites. Leaving the heavier stones and tools flat on the surface. Middle paleolithic: does not begin until 500,000 - 250,000 years ago in egypt, there is a an early acheulean industry of handaxes, we presume that this was a technology utilized by home erectus, from ca. This was a means of getting at the chert nodules for tool production. 15,000 - 14,000 bce: the rock art is depicted on the cliff sides overlooking the flood plains, we get a higher degree of evidence of humans receiving bodily harm from other humans. When it was created the area likely overlooked herds of animals.
