Reconstructing past enviornments, diets and Technology Flashcards
1
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Categories of cutting tools
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- Chipped stone
- Ground Stone tolls
- Metal tools
2
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What chip stone tool was mentioned in class?
A
Oldwan tool
3
Q
Advantage of chipped stone tools?
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- necessary materilas found everywhere
- knowledge necessary to make them available to amost everyone
4
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Advantages of ground stone tools
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- More durable
- Can be reshaped when dull
- More efficient for some tasks
- More Versatile
5
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Time infor on Metal tools
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- Earlist evidence maybe as early as 7,000 bc
- old world from 4,000 bc and 500 BC
6
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Advantages of metal tools
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- Greater variety of shapes
- can be reshaped or recycled
- more efficient for cutting
7
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Advances to society because of metal tools
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- expanded farming capabilities to increase carrying capacity to their enviornment (iron plow, ax makes farming more efficient)
- Complex societies are directly related to metal tools (rotating crops, transportation)
8
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Disadvantages of metal tools
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- Some chipped stone tools are sharper
- source of metal more limited
- Requires special skills and techniques
9
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Basic questions about past technologies
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- How were the artificats made?
- What are they used for ?
10
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Explanation of why Hard metal was not used in the new world?
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- Not constant flow of defusion
- did not have large animals to need metals
- had better material (obidian)
11
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Geofact
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Stone modified through the action of natural, geological processes
12
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General Classification of stone tools
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- oldowan
- Acheulean
- Mousterian
- Upper Paleolithic
13
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Oldowan
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- 2.5 -1.8 mya
- lower paleolithic
14
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Acheulean
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- 1.8MYA - 300,000
- homoerectus
15
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Mousterian
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- 300,000 - 30,000
- Middle Paleolithic (neandrothal)
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