Acheulean (/əˈʃuːliən/; also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French acheuléen after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone...
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Stone Age (section Acheulean in Africa)
of Acheulean. For example, the Acheulean site at Bose, China, is dated 0.803±3K mya. The authors of this chronologically later East Asian Acheulean remain...
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Stone tool (section Mode II: The Acheulean Industry)
Commons has media related to Acheulean. Eventually, more complex Mode 2 tools began to be developed through the Acheulean Industry, named after the site...
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Chelleo-Acheulean is a Palaeolithic stone tool industry that marks a transitional stage between the Chellean (Abbevillian or Oldowan) and the Acheulean. Louis...
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A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is made from...
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Clactonian is primarly distinguished from the (globally) contemporaneous Acheulean industry by its lack of use of handaxe tools. It is named after finds...
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megabreccia. The structure is also the location of exceptional accumulations of Acheulean archaeological artifacts. It was selected as one of the 100 geological...
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Africa. This technological industry was followed by the more sophisticated Acheulean industry (two sites associated with Homo erectus at Gona in the Afar Region...
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predatory behavior and coordinated hunting. H. erectus is associated with the Acheulean stone tool industry, and is postulated to have been the earliest human...
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commented on the symmetry, morphology, effectiveness and sex appeal of Acheulean handaxes. Machin has done research on attachment and love between parents...
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Pre- / Protohistory Acheulean Mousterian Trialetian Zarzian Natufian Nemrik Khiamian Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) Hassuna/Samarra...
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Ronen, Avraham; Gilead, D.; Shachnai, E.; Saull, Ami (1972-02-15). "Upper Acheulean in the Kissufim Region". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society...
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by the more complex Acheulean industry, which was first conceived by Homo ergaster around 1.8–1.65 million years ago. The Acheulean implements completely...
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colours. In May 2021, archaeologists announced that a 350000-year-old Acheulean site named An Nasim in the Hail region could be the oldest human habitation...
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Kalambo structure (category Acheulean)
was found in area BLB5, located below the river, in association with Acheulean artifacts. The discovery was considered unusual because wood does not...
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proposed around 1.4 Ma (early Acheulean industries), associated with Homo antecessor and 0.8 Ma (cleaver-producing Acheulean groups), associated with Homo...
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chopped items. Tools described as cleavers have been in use since the Acheulean period. "Cleaver" was commonly spelled clever in the late 17th century...
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Middle Stone Age (section Transition from Acheulean)
ESA Acheulean sites are well documented across West Africa (except from the most tropical regions) but mostly remain undated. A few late Acheulean sites...
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shared technological or morphological characteristics. For example, the Acheulean industry includes hand-axes, cleavers, scrapers and other tools with different...
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Quern-stone Storage pits Hunting Toolmaking Earliest toolmaking Oldowan Acheulean Mousterian Aurignacian Clovis culture Cupstone Fire hardening Gravettian...
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until around 300,000 years ago, spanning the Oldowan ("mode 1") and Acheulean ("mode 2") lithics industries. In African archaeology, the time period...
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are poorly dated. These tools are succeeded by those belonging to the Acheulean industry. The youngest Achulean sites in Egypt date to around 400-300...
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Pre- / Protohistory Acheulean Mousterian Trialetian Zarzian Natufian Nemrik Khiamian Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) Hassuna/Samarra...
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Kathy Schick (section Research of the Acheulean)
investigated the acheulean since the beginning of her anthropological and educational career. Schick started her research of the acheulean during her years...
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Part of a series on the History of Morocco Prehistory Acheulean Mousterian Aterian Iberomaurusian Capsian Classical to Late Antiquity (8th century BC...
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been settled starting within a 30-metre (100 ft) terrace, with primitive Acheulean and Abbevillian (Chellean). Cairo El Salvador The Americas 2 February...
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well-made tip. They are found in Lower Palaeolithic, Middle Palaeolithic and Acheulean contexts, and are some of the oldest tools ever created by humans. The...
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materials. This industry has some similarities with the more complex Acheulean, an industry which is characteristic of contemporary African and later...
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prehistoric sites in Lebanon and Syria. He made notable collections of Acheulean and Abbevillian bifaces from around the valleys and coasts and compiled...
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interacted with one another throughout the population history of West Africa. Acheulean tool-using archaic humans may have dwelled throughout West Africa since...
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