Acheulean Flashcards
(24 cards)
Where do most of the oldest Acheulean sites occur?
East African Rift Valley
Name the acheulean sites in east Africa
Konso (Ethiopia)
Olduvai gorge (Tanzania)
East lake turkana (Kenya)
Gona (Ethiopia)
Describe the site settings at East African rift valley
Open air ..
Ancient rivers
Lake savanna
How did they date the acheulean tools at East African rift valley
Volcanic
Ashes
Paleomag
Uranium-lead
Who and when discovered the olduvai gorge site
Leakey fam
1971
Name SA Acheulean sites and how they were dated
Sterkfontein - fauna n artefacts
Swartkrans- cosmogenic nuclide
Rietputs-cosmo..
Canteen kopje-cosmo
What are some problems experienced with SA Acheulean
Dating
Site settings
Formation issues
What’s the significance of GESHER BENOT YA-AQOV
Many bifacials in inland lakes
Signs of fire,elephant hunting , wood shopping , plant processing
Name key sites outside Africa and what they showed
Bose Basin & Danjangkou Resevoir Region
They showed: low artefact density
Low pop.
Homogeneous
Resources
What did the migrations of groups with Acheulean tech
Adapting to
-new environment
-diff resources & ecological settings
-interact f info sharing social dynamics
-cognitive implications
When & where were homo erectus & ergaster found
Africa and Asia, 2mya to 110 ka
Give example of homo erectus found in Africa
Drimolen DNH134
Why is unlikely that homo evolved later (herries 2020)
As it occurred with paranthropus and its older than a.sediba
What was found at Koobi Fora Kenya
Adult mandible. 1.5 mya
Varied diet /food prep
What else was found at Koobi Fora
Female cranium
1.6 mya
Adult (fusions of skull)
True or false
Homo erectus adapted to wide variety of habitats across the old world
True
Talk the oldest homo erectus (age,findings,location)
1.9 mya
Skull fragment
East Turkana Kenya
What South African specimen surpasses the oldest homo erectus
Drimolen 3 year old child
2mya cranium
What parts of homo erectus were found and what’s the significance
Partial pelvis & foot bone
This showed bipedal locomotion
Whats turkana boy’s nickname and significance
Nariokotome boy
Most complete specimen of h ergaster
Date & age of nariokotome boy
Where was he found
When was he found
1.6 mya
7-11 years old
Lake Turkana
1984
Evidence used to determine nariokotome boy
2nd molars = erupted . No wisdom teeth.
true or false
Developmental patterns of narkiotome boy are like transitional homo and this is shown by microscopic structure of teeth
True
Traits of nariokotome boy
Thick skull wall
Flat forehead
Projecting nasal bones
No chin
50kg
Long arms & legs
No arboreal
Narrow pelvis
