[ANT201H5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (17 pages long!)
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Pleistocene begins with several hominin species but as it progressed dispersal from africa occured. Paleolithic: lower- 2. 5 mya- 200 kya, middle- 200- 40 kya, upper 40-10 kya. East asia java 1. 8 mya zoukoudie(cid:374) (cid:862)peki(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) 500-300 kya. Atapeurca (spain)- 1. 2 mya n 800 kya. Use of soft hammer percussion, use of more of the core surface (increased refinement) and the increased diversity of tool forms. Variations in england theres the clacltonian industry- no hand axes, schoningen site= use of wood. Homo erectus and neanderthals in east asia they used bamboo and wood tools, along with simple choppers and flake tools. Middle stone age vs middle paleolithic lavellois technique- prepared core increased refinement composite tools i. e. spear shaft other develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (later mousterian) large game, lots of meat. Artwork from mineral colours first evidence of burial= la ferrassie in france. New percussion techniques in the lower paleolithic. Soft hammer = hand axe increasing tool diversity.
