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Handaxes, Concepts, and Teaching
Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012ABSTRACTThis paper argues that teaching of concepts is deeply rooted in human phylogeny. The basis of this argument is a consideration of the type of knowledge used to make handaxes, a tool that is found in the archaeological record beginning around 1.8 million years ago. A distinction is made between the human capacity for teaching concepts, which has
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A handaxe of Libyan Desert glass
Antiquity, 1982The handaxe of Libyan Desert glass (PL. XIIIb & FIG. I) was found on 23 June 1979, in the Sand Sea of S.W. Egypt, at latitude 25°o8' N, longitude 25° 35·5' E, near the southern boundary of the known distribution area of the glass. Lying just north of the Gilf Kebir, this part of the Sand Sea is characterized by an extensive field of linear dunes ...
Derek A. Roe +3 more
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Middle Pleistocene handaxes from the Korean Peninsula
Journal of Human Evolution, 2006We present four biface assemblages from an archaeologically poorly known region of the Old World: Middle Pleistocene Korea. The handaxes are derived from a series of Middle Pleistocene localities in the Imjin/Hantan River Basins (IHRB) in Korea. The best known of these localities is Chongokni, although a number of equally important sites in the IHRB ...
Christopher J, Norton +3 more
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A Reconsideration of the Handaxe Similarity in Korea
The Yeongnam Archaeological Society, 2019On the basis of a Eurocentric perspective, handaxes from Korea like others from the east of Movius Line (ML) have been known as non-typical handaxes. These are not usually known as typical Acheulean handaxes, but known as other appellations such as putative handaxes, protohandaxes, or non-classic handaxes.
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Coincidental factors of handaxe morphology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2002Handaxe morphology is thought to be the first example of the imposition of arbitrary form. Handaxes may thus inform researchers about shared mental templates and evolving cognitive abilities. However, many factors, not related to changes in cognition (e.g., material type, function, resharpening processes), influence handaxe shape over time and space ...
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Handaxe industries in Israel and the Near East
World Archaeology, 1970An outtine is given of the development of the handaxe industry (of Israel particularly) through the Early Acheulian to the late Achaelian where basalt is used as the tool making medium. Handaxe sites follow the expected favorable zones of habitation close to water sources and along river valleys.
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The symmetry of Acheulean handaxes and cognitive evolution
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2015Abstract The significance of symmetry to understanding the cognitive profile of the hominins responsible for making Acheulean handaxes has been contentious. Recent finds and analytical techniques have allowed a reassessment of the relevance of symmetry to evaluating the cognition of archaic humans by highlighting differences in the shape of Early to ...
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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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Handaxes: The First Aesthetic Artefacts
2003The first stone artefacts made by our human ancestors appear 2.5 million years ago and are referred to as the Oldowan culture. These are nodules of basalt, chert and limestone that have been struck with a hammerstone to remove flakes. Both the flakes and the remnants of the nodules, referred to as cores, were used for the processing of animal carcasses;
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