Title: Stone tool experiments and reduction methods at the Acheulean site of Isampur Quarry, India
Abstract: What better way to understand how to make a handaxe or cleaver than getting into an Acheulean quarry and doing it yourself. The authors experimented at Isampur Quarry in India, finding that handaxes were best produced by reducing a slab to shape, while cleavers were best made by striking large flakes. There was a good correspondence with the ancient implements, and the authors deduced that Acheulean hominins were learning and transmitting standardised manufacturing methods to each other.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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