ACHEULIAN

əshooˈlēən: see Paleolithic period.

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Early Human Behaviour in Global Context: The Rise and Diversity of the Lower Palaeolithic Record
Book by Michael D. Petraglia, Ravi Korisettar; Routledge, 1998
...6.8 Diagnostic Acheulian types from Sterkfontein, Member 5 East...6.9 Diagnostic Acheulian types from Sterkfontein, Member 5 East...11.3 Early Acheulian artefacts from Singi Talav 350...

The African Experience
Book by Roland Oliver; Icon-Harper Collins, 1991
Subjects:	Africa--History
...hand-axe or biface such as characterizes Acheulian industries. One possible use is in skinning...industries called Oldowan, to those called Acheulian. Whereas Oldowan is not known to have...sites on the northern coast of Africa, Acheulian, which undoubtedly had its origin in...

Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization - Vol. 1
Book by Jacquetta Hawkes, Leonard Woolley; Harper & Row, 1963
Subjects:	Prehistoric Peoples

Time and Archaeology
Book by Tim Murray; Routledge, 1999
Subjects:	Archaeology--Methodology, Archaeology--Philosophy, Time
...Dating the Acheulian* at Bori 83...The Soanian and the acheulian problem 85...deceptive? Is it possible that the same acheulian axe was used for hundreds of thousands...*

The History of Ancient Palestine
Book by Gosta W. Ahlstrom; Fortress Press, 1993
Subjects:	Bible--O.T--History Of Biblical Events, Bronze Age--Palestine, Excavations (Archaeology)--Palestine, Jews--History--To 70 A.D, Palestine--Antiquities, Palestine--History--To 70 A.D

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How Ancient Is Lore? Southeast Asia Speaks Up
Journal article by Peter Metevelis; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 66, 2007
Subjects:	Craters--Analysis, Folk literature--Case studies, Folklore--Case studies, Impact craters--Analysis, Meteorites--Portrayals, Southeast Asia--Natural history, Tektite--Analysis, Tektites--Analysis
...tool-bearing sediments of twenty-four Acheulian-like stoneworking sites in the basin...early humans: A plant residue analysis on Acheulian stone tools from Peninj (Tanzania). Journal...Researchers also now realize that, in Africa, Acheulian handaxes were used for woodworking as...

Mental Time Travel and the Evolution of the Human Mind
Journal article by Thomas Suddendorf, Michael C. Corballis; Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs, Vol. 123, 1997
Subjects:	Genetic Psychology, Psychology, Social Psychology
...simply to satisfy a current need. The more sophisticated Acheulian culture associated with H. erectus around 1.6 million years...Suddendorf, 1994). As Savage-Rumbaugh ( 1994 a) put it, the Acheulian hand ax provides the first evidence of the "uncou pling...

Stone Tools and the Uniqueness of Human culture/Outils De Pierre et Unicite De la Culture Humaine
Journal article by Iain Davidson, William C. Mcgrew; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 11, 2005
Subjects:	Anthropological research, Civilization--Research, Culture--Research, Stone implements--History, Stone implements--Research, Stone implements--Usage
...from the Cottages Site. In Paleoecology and archeology of an Acheulian site at Caddington, England (ed.) C.G. Sampson, 83-137. Dallas...Press. Goren-Inbar, N., E. Werker C.S. Feibel 2002. The Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Yaaqov, Israel. Oxford: Oxbow Books...

The Uninvited Skeleton at the Archaeological Table: The Crisis of Paleoanthropology in South Asia in the Twenty-First Century
Journal article by Kenneth A.R. Kennedy; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects:	Hominids--Research, Paleoanthropology--Research, South Asia--Research
...sapiens fossil in the Narmada Valley in central India is associated with late middle Pleistocene faunal remains and tools of the Acheulian tradition (Kennedy et al. 1991; Misra et al. 1990; Sonakia 1984). Anatomically modern Homo sapiens skeletons dating to 34...

Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations in Madurai Region, Tamil Nadu, India: From C. 10,000 B.P. to C. A.D. 500
Journal article by V. Selvakumar; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 41, 2002
Subjects:	Hunting and gathering societies--Research, South India--History, South India--Social aspects
...heavy tool component. Bulletin of the Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute 45:79-87. PADDAYYA, K. 1982 The Acheulian Culture of the Hunsgi Valley, Peninsular India: A Settlement System Perspective. Poona: Deccan College Post Graduate Research...

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Acheulian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACHEULIAN shoo le n: see Paleolithic period . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

Olduvai Gorge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Australopithecus boisei, Homo habilis, and Homo erectus . In addition, the two earliest stone tool traditions, Oldowan and Acheulian (see Paleolithic period ), have been found along with fossil remains. Both the fossils and the tools have been important...

Paleolithic Period
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...early species of humans called Homo erectus include the Choukoutienian of China and the Clactonian, Chellean-Abbevillian, Acheulian and Levalloisian represented at various sites in Europe, Africa, and Asia, from 100,000 to 500,000 years ago. Stone tools...

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