Butchering with small tools: the implications of the Evron Quarry assemblage for the behaviour ofHomo erectus

Author:

Chazan Michael

Abstract

Stratified stone tools found with elephant and hippopotamus teeth at Evron Quarry can be dated to before 780 000 years ago. The assemblage includes handaxes, but less expectedly, small stone tools in the form of flakes with notches and points. Not thought to be points for spears or arrows, these small tools are suggested to be usable for butchery. They represent an adaption of local materials that make poor handaxes—so showing an ingenious improvisation on the part ofHomo erectus.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

General Arts and Humanities,Archaeology

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