Tool cultures

Question 1

Oldowan innovation

Answer 1

Chipping stones to create a chopping or cutting edge. (Sharp edged flake)

Question 2

Acheulian innovations

Answer 2

1. The shaping of an entire stone to a stereotyped tool form
2. Chipping the stone from both sides to produce a symmetrical cutting edge.

(Hand axe)

Question 3

Mousterian innovation

Answer 3

Manufacture of flake tools, many flakes from a prepared central core.

Question 4

Homo sapien tool cultures

Answer 4

1. Aurignacian
2. Solutrean
3. Magdalenian

Question 5

Aurignacian tools

Answer 5

Manufacture of blade tools, with roughly parallel sides. Secondary flaking of edges, used bone tools. (40000 to 28000 years ago)

Question 6

Aurignacian innovation

Answer 6

Blades are flaked off a prepared central core with a bone or antler punch, produced multiple thin blades.

Question 7

Solutrean tools

Answer 7

Very elegant tool designs made possible by heating and suddenly cooling flint stones to shatter them in carefully controlled ways. (22,000 to 19,000 years ago)

Question 8

Solutrean innovation

Answer 8

Used pressure flaking to retouch blades. Laurel leaf and willow leaf points.

Question 9

Magdalenian tools

Answer 9

Very small flaked stones for arrows and spears, multi barbed harpoon points and spear throwers made of wood, bone or antler) (18000 to 12000 years ago)

Question 10

Magdalenian innovation

Answer 10

Bone, anlter and ivory tools made using a burin (stone tool used to engrave)