Our new topic when we return in 2015 will be the Stone Age and The Iron Age.
Over the break, try to research one of these and post the most interesting fact that you find out about them here. Have a fantastic Christmas break!
Over the break, try to research one of these and post the most interesting fact that you find out about them here. Have a fantastic Christmas break!
To make it easier to talk about archaeologist have divided into three parts called Paleolithic,Mesolithic and Neolithic.The Paleolithic is when it was during the last ice age.The Mesolithic is when the last ice age until the start of farming and finally the Neolithic is when the start of farming until the start of the bronze age.The Paleolithic is even known as the early stone age.The Mesolithic is even known as the middle stone age.Finally the Neolithic is known as the new stone age.
ReplyDeleteDid you know? That the stone age was the longest period in the human history.
The stone age started in Africa more than 3 million years ago.
To make it easier to talk about archaeologist have divided into three parts called Paleolithic,Mesolithic and Neolithic.The Paleolithic is when it was during the last ice age.The Mesolithic is when the last ice age until the start of farming and finally the Neolithic is when the start of farming until the start of the bronze age.The Paleolithic is even known as the early stone age.The Mesolithic is even known as the middle stone age.Finally the Neolithic is known as the new stone age.
ReplyDeleteDid you know? That the stone age was the longest period in the human history.
The stone age started in Africa more than 3 million years ago.
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ReplyDelete=====Acheulean in Africa=====
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[[File:Raedera.png|thumb|left|An Acheulean tool, not worked over the entire surface]]
The end of Oldowan in Africa was brought on by the appearance of [[Acheulean]], or Mode 2, [[stone tool]]s. The earliest known instances are in the 1.7–1.6 mya layer at [[Kokiselei]], West Turkana, Kenya. At [[Sterkfontein]], South Africa, they are in Member 5 West, 1.7–1.4 mya. The 1.7 is a fairly certain, fairly standard date. Mode 2 is often found in association with ''H. erectus''. It makes sense that the most advanced tools should have been innovated by the most advanced Hominan; consequently, they are typically given credit for the innovation.
A Mode 2 tool is a biface consisting of two concave surfaces intersecting to form a cutting edge all the way around, except in the case of tools intended to feature a point. More work and planning go into the manufacture of a Mode 2 tool. The manufacturer hits a slab off a larger rock to use as a blank. Then large flakes are struck off the blank and worked into bifaces by hard-hammer percussion on an anvil stone. Finally the edge is retouched: small flakes are hit off with a bone or wood soft hammer to sharpen or resharpen it. The core can be either the blank or another flake. Blanks are ported for manufacturing supply in places where nature has provided no suitable stone.
Although most Mode 2 tools are easily distinguished from Mode 1, there is a close similarity of some Oldowan and some Acheulean, which can lead to confusion. Some Oldowan tools are more carefully prepared to form a more regular edge. One distinguishing criterion is the size of the flakes. In contrast to the Oldowan "small flake" tradition, Acheulean is "large flake:" "The primary technological distinction remaining between Oldowan and the Acheulean is the preference for large flakes (>10 cm) as blanks for making large cutting tools (handaxes and cleavers) in the Acheulean."{{harvnb|Barham|Mitchell|2008|p=130}} "Large Cutting Tool (LCT)" has become part of the standard terminology as well.
In North Africa, the presence of Mode 2 remains a mystery, as the oldest finds are from Thomas Quarry in [[Morocco]] at 0.9 mya. Archaeological attention, however, shifts to the Jordan Rift Valley, an extension of the East African Rift Valley (the east bank of the Jordan is slowly sliding northward as East Africa is thrust away from Africa). Evidence of use of the Nile Valley is in deficit, but Hominans could easily have reached the palaeo-[[Jordan river]] from [[Ethiopia]] along the shores of the [[Red Sea]], one side or the other. A crossing would not have been necessary, but it is more likely there than over a theoretical but unproven land bridge through either [[Gibraltar]] or [[Sicily]].
Meanwhile Acheulean went on in Africa past the 1.0 mya mark and also past the extinction of ''H. erectus'' there. The last Acheulean in East Africa is at [[Olorgesailie]], Kenya, dated to about 0.9 mya. Its owner was still ''H. erectus'', but in South Africa, Acheulean at [[Elandsfontein]], 1.0–0.6 mya, is associated with [[Saldanha man]], classified as ''H. heidelbergensis'', a more advanced, but not yet modern, descendant most likely of ''H. erectus''. The Thoman Quarry Hominans in [[Morocco]] similarly are most likely [[Homo rhodesiensis]],{{cite journal | journal=Quaternary International | issue=223–224 | year=2010 | pages=369–382 | title=Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context | author=Jean-Paul Raynal |author2=et al. | url=http://www.eva.mpg.de/evolution/staff/hublin/pdf/Raynal%20et%20al%202010%20Quat%20Intl.pdf}} in the same evolutionary status as ''H. heidelbergensis''.
Good information Gurpinder .
DeleteWhat we know about Stone Age humans comes from things they made, like weapons, tools, shelters and other objects discovered mostly in archaeological digs. Engraving designs on stones and bones, carved figures and drawings on the walls of caves also give us information and help us trace the slow development of Homo sapiens throughout the period.
ReplyDeleteThe oldest known tools, from3.4 million years ago come from Gona in Africa, where thousands of stone artifacts were found. The artifacts show that those who made them, most likely a human ancestor species, were very knowledgeable about stone fracture mechanics. Gona is near Ethiopia, where many other tools were found, although they were a bit younger, from 2.4 million years ago.
Groups of Homo erectus, an early species of humans found in China, Asia, Africa and Europe between 100,000 and 500,000 years ago, used stone tools, including hand axes, that were made by chipping at the stone to form an edge for cutting.
Many flint tools from the Middle Paleolithic Age, about 150,000 years BCE to about 40,000 year BCE, were found mainly in Europe, but also in North Africa, the Middle East and Siberia. This is the age of the Neanderthals, an early form of humans who lived about 40,000 to 100,000 years ago. Human ancestors during this age lived in caves, and many groups used fire. Needles made out of bone from that time were also found, evidence that they may have sewn animal skins for clothing and other protection.
Today when were making our very own stone age leaflets, I went on to a website and it said that the Stone Age people made a gigantic block of stones piled on top of each other . If you would like to do some research on what it is called it is called the STONEHENGE so, good luck . THE END I HOPE YOU ENJOYED .
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion. I think that the Stone Age people were amazing to be the first persons in the world because they didn't know how to talk, write, know what do, attend college, school , communicate and several more. That is because in modern days we are instructed on what to do, from people who have already experienced it and know how to do it. In the Stone Age period, they did not have people to be instructed by. They had to work it out by themselves.
ReplyDeletepeople made and used stone tools and before they began working with metal. The Stone Age is part of prehistory because it is before we have any written records.
ReplyDeleteThe Stone Age period includes our early ancestors through to modern Homo Sapiens (our species.) During this time the Neaderthal people also lived.
People ate nuts and berries and hunted animals for meat and skins. They lived in caves or shelters made from animal bones and skins
Well done Hassan in .
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