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Acheulean (/ ə ˈ ʃ uː l i ə n /; also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French acheuléen after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associated with Homo erectus and derived species such as Homo heidelbergensis.
The stone tools found at the Kokiselei 4 site are dated to about 1.76 Ma which pushes the evidence for acheulean tool use back an extra ≈300,000 years. [9] Acheulean tools are thought to be connected to Homo Erectus because there were H. erectus fossils found in the same area which are dated at a similar age.
A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. [1] It is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping , or hitting against another stone.
Acheulean handaxes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate. In the archaeology of the Stone Age , an industry or technocomplex [ 1 ] is a typological classification of stone tools .
Human tools are the most prominent of all historic items in the area. The abundant hand axes are characteristic of the Acheulean period, made by hominins between about 600,000 and 900,000 years ago [7] along what was then the shore of a now dried-up lake. Fossils of various animals have also been found, including those of extinct species of ...
The Sangoan is the name given by archaeologists to a Palaeolithic tool manufacturing style [1] which may have developed from the earlier Acheulian types. In addition to the Acheulian stone tools, bone and antler picks were also used. Sangoan toolkits were used especially for grubbing. [2]
It follows the Acheulian and precedes the Mousterian. It is also called the Mugharan Tradition [1] or the Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex (AYCC). [2] The Acheulo-Yabrudian complex has three stone-tool traditions, chronologically: the Acheulo-Yabrudian, the Yabrudian and the Pre-Aurignacian or Amudian.
Numerous Acheulean flint tools and remains of animals dating to approximately 500,000 years ago were found at the site. [7] Some of the bones of roe deer , rhinoceros ( Stephanorhinus ) and horse were found to display cut marks, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and some of the tools bear use wear traces indicative of cutting meat, indicating that the site was used ...