ANT100Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Olduvai Gorge, Pointed Sticks, Taphonomy
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Tool traditions: all hominins that lived 2. 5 million years ago had thumb capable of toolmaking (cid:224) toolmakers, earliest identifiable stone tool found in east africa (cid:224) dates from 2. 5 million years ago, range from small flakes (cid:224) cobble/core tools, percussion flaking: toolmaking technique in which one stone is struck with another to remove flake, both sharp edged flakes + sharp edged cores were used as tools, oldest cultural materials from olduvai (bed i) dates from lower pleistocene, tools found fin bed i = oldowan. Oldowan: earliest stone toolmaking tradition from about 2. 5 million years ago: include core tools, sharp edged flakes (flake tools predominate, choppers: core tool that has been partially flaked + has a side that might have been used for chopping, scrapers: tools with flaking along one side and a flat edge, unfiacial tool: tool worked or flaked on one side only, bifacial tool: tool worked or faked on two sides.
