ANT100Y1 Lecture 3: Archaeology Lecture 3 - Cultural Chronology
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Lower paleolithic - 2. 5 mya to 300 kya. Middle palaeolithic - 300 kya to 40, 000 ya. Upper palaeolithic - 40, 000 ya to 14, 000 ya. Simple tools: east africa (olduval gorge), ca 2. 5 mya. Flakes could have been used for a variety of tasks. Transition to more advanced hominin forms, i. e. : erectus ca. Oldowan technology gives way to acheulian by 1. 5 mya; lasts until ca. Flourished in europe (particularly western europe) and sw asia. Name given to the stone tool technology associated with the neanderthals of eurasia between 100 and 30 kya. Named after a prominent site in sw france (le moustier) Flake-based technology (retouches flakes) though formal tools are also found. Also, evidence of composite tools (tools with more than one component, e. g. , point, shaft, and binding for spear. A hallmark of the mousterian is use of the levallois technique (a prepared core technology)