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The Unity of Acheulean Culture
2020This chapter examines the issue of whether the Acheulean is a genuine homologous cultural entity, descended via a chain of social reproduction from a common ‘ancestor’, or whether it was a technological phase that was repeatedly independently invented.
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Cognitive Fluidity and Acheulean Over-imitation
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2017This paper analyses recently discussed evidence of over-imitation in Acheulean biface construction. First, it evaluates the argument for over-imitation using the available archaeological and cognitive science evidence. Next, it applies the four major theories of over-imitation, (1) Copy and Correct (C&C), (2) Automatic Causal Encoding (ACE), (3 ...
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Imitation and Shared Intentionality in the Acheulean
Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2010Imitation and shared intentionality are traits essential to the socio-cultural adaptation of Homo sapiens. Non-human apes display some capacity for imitation and shared intentionality, but are deficient in comparison to Homo sapiens. The Acheulean archaeological record provides evidence that imitation and shared intentionality were part of the ...
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The Acheulean Handaxe: A Maintainable Multifunctional Tool
Lithic Technology, 1987AbstractThe Acheulean Handaxe has been somewhat enigmatic in prehistoric research. This paper reviews previous ideas and makes the case that the Acheulean Handaxe was a maintainable, multifunctional tool.
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New perspectives on Acheulean and Acheulean-like adaptations
Quaternary International, 2018Parth R. Chauhan, August G. Costa
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The Acheulean Assemblages of Asia: A Review
2018Acheulean assemblages—defined by the presence of handaxes and cleavers—are found across much of Asia. The best known are from the Levant and India and date from the Early Pleistocene. Although bifaces have been found in other parts of Asia, they are poorly dated but probably mostly Middle Pleistocene in age.
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Nuove acquisizioni acheuleane nella Toscana settentrionale
1995L'area del Valdarno inferiore ha restituito numerose evidenze acheuleane, sia sotto forma di singoli e sporadici bifacciali sia più raramente di industrie su scheggia associate a bifacciali. L'intero repertorio fu a suo tempo censito da A. Galiberti (1980-81); a distanza di qualche anno alcune nuove evidenze, risultate dalle ricerche di superficie di ...
VOLANTE, NICOLETTA, Martini F.
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