CH. 11 Key Terms

Question 1

Oldowan

Answer 1

A tool making tradition from Africa associated with early Homo

Question 2

Core Tools

Answer 2

Tools made by taking flakes off a stone nucleus

Question 3

Flake Tools

Answer 3

Tools made from the flakes removed from a stone core.

Question 4

Sagittal Keel

Answer 4

A sloping of the sides of the skull toward the top, as viewed from the front

Question 5

Torus

Answer 5

A bony ridge at the back of the skull, where the neck muscles attach.

Question 6

Pleistocene

Answer 6

The geological time period, from 1.6 mya to 10,000 ya, characterized by a series of glacial advances and retreats

Question 7

Glaciers

Answer 7

Massive sheets of ice that expand and move

Question 8

Tundra

Answer 8

A treeless area with low-growing vegetation and permanently frozen ground

Question 9

Acheulian Technique

Answer 9

A toolmaking tradition associated with Homo Erectus in Africa and Europe

Question 10

Hand Axe

Answer 10

A bifacial, all-purpose stone tool, shaped somewhat like an axe head.

Question 11

Bifacial

Answer 11

Refers to a stone tool that has been worked on both sides.

Question 12

Endocasts

Answer 12

Natural or human-made casts of the inside of a skull

Question 13

Postorbital Constriction

Answer 13

A narrowing of the skull behind the eyes, as viewed from above.

Question 14

Levallois Technique

Answer 14

A tool technology involving striking uniform flakes from a prepared core.

Question 15

Mousterian Technique

Answer 15

A toolmaking tradition associated with the European Neanderthals

Question 16

Haft

Answer 16

To attach a wooden handle or shaft to a stone or bone point