Butchering with small tools: the implications of the Evron Quarry assemblage for the behaviour of Homo erectus
Butchering with small tools: the implications of the Evron Quarry assemblage for the behaviour of Homo erectus
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DOI：
10.1017/s0003598x00048997
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
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1.8
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Chazan, Michael
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作者：
Chazan, Michael
在埃夫隆采石场发现的带有大象和河马牙齿的分层石器可以追溯到 78 万年前。该组合包括手斧，但出乎意料的是，还有带有凹口和尖端的薄片形式的小型石器。这些小工具不被认为是矛或箭的尖端，建议用于屠宰。它们代表了对当地制作劣质手斧的材料的改造，因此展示了直立人巧妙的即兴创作。
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 of Homo erectus.