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T1 The origin of the Acheulean. Technofunctional study of the FLKWlithic record (Olduvai, Tanzania)
A1 Sánchez Yustos, Policarpo
AB The Acheulean materials documented in FLK West dated c. 1.7 Ma. are the focus of thepresent work. An original techno-functional approach is applied here to analyze the origin of Acheulean tools. According to the results, these tools were employed in different functional contexts in which tasks of different durations that transformed resources with different resistanceswere carried out. The exploitation of large and resistant resources suggests that theeconomic mechanism governing the manufacture of these tools was an increase in thedemand of the work load. The decision processes underlying the production of these tools have thus an evident functional motivation. However, the presence of a refined handaxe in the studied sample indicates that the design form and production principles of handaxe manufacture were the result of an abrupt emergence rather than a long gradual development. The integration of mechanical and ergonomic investigation in our research has been crucial to explain how a core-and-flake industry gave way to a technology based on the production of large and heavy shaped tools.
PB Public Library of Science
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64859
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64859
LA spa
NO PLoS ONE 12(8): e0179212.
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-may-2024