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Acheulean
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Acheulean, 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" asso
A cordiform biface as commonly found in the Acheulean (replica)
A cordiform biface as commonly found in the Acheulean (replica)
Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate.[citation needed]
Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate.[citation needed]
An Acheulean handaxe, Haute-Garonne France – MHNT
An Acheulean handaxe, Haute-Garonne France – MHNT
Soft hammer found at the Acheulean Boxgrove site, England made of the outer cortex of an elephant limb bone, with scanning electron microscope image s
Soft hammer found at the Acheulean Boxgrove site, England made of the outer cortex of an elephant limb bone, with scanning electron microscope image showing flint chips embedded in the bone (bottom) as a result of its use
Mousterian
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The Mousterian is an archaeological industry of stone tools, associated primarily with the Neanderthals in Europe and with the earliest anatomically modern humans in North Africa and West Asia. The Mo
Acheulean
…as late as 130,000 years ago. In Europe and Western Asia, early Neanderthals utilized Acheulean technology, later transitioning to the more advanced Mousterian beginning around 320,000 years ago. The type site for the Acheulean is Saint-Acheul, a suburb of Amiens, the capital of the Somme department in Picardy…
Distribution of Homo neanderthalensis, and main sites. Mousterian industries have been found inside and outside this range (e.g., Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Distribution of Homo neanderthalensis, and main sites. Mousterian industries have been found inside and outside this range (e.g., Jordan, Saudi Arabia)
Le Moustier 1 Neanderthal skull, today in the Neues Museum, Berlin.
Le Moustier 1 Neanderthal skull, today in the Neues Museum, Berlin.
Mousterian point
Mousterian point
Production of points & spearheads from a flint stone core, Levallois technique, Mousterian culture, Tabun Cave, Israel, 250,000–50,000 BP. Israel Muse
Production of points & spearheads from a flint stone core, Levallois technique, Mousterian culture, Tabun Cave, Israel, 250,000–50,000 BP. Israel Museum