The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids

doi:10.1098/rsos.170288

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	The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids
	Li, Hao 1; Kuman, Kathleen 2; Lotter, Matt G.3; Leader, George M.4; Gibbon, Ryan J.5
刊名	ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
	2017-06-01
卷号	4 期号:6
关键词	Victoria West Levallois Prepared Core Technology Early Acheulean Cognitive Evolution
DOI	10.1098/rsos.170288
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Prepared core technology illustrates in-depth planning and the presence of a mental template during the core reduction process. This technology is, therefore, a significant indicator in studying the evolution of abstract thought and the cognitive abilities of hominids. Here, we report on Victoria West cores excavated from the Canteen Kopje site in central South Africa, with a preliminary age estimate of approximately 1 Ma (million years ago) for these cores. Technological analysis shows that the Victoria West cores bear similarities to the 'Volumetric Concept' as defined for the Levallois, a popular and widely distributed prepared core technology from at least 200 ka (thousand years ago). Although these similarities are present, several notable differences also occur that make the Victoria West a unique and distinctive prepared core technology; these are: elongated and convergent core shapes, consistent blow directions for flake removal, a predominance of large side-struck flakes, and the use of these flakes to make Acheulean large cutting tools. This innovative core reduction strategy at Canteen Kopje extends the roots of prepared core technology to the latter part of the Early Acheulean and clearly demonstrates an increase in the cognitive abilities and complexities of hominids in this time period.
WOS关键词	NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE ; GESHER-BENOT-YAAQOV ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; STONE-AGE ; SOCIAL BRAIN ; MIDDLE ; ARCHAEOLOGY ; ORIGINS ; ISRAEL ; KONSO
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000404843200030
资助机构	Chinese Academy of Sciences Pioneer Hundred Talents Program ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program(XDPB05) ; China-South Africa Bilateral Programme in Palaeolithic Archaeology(88480) ; Paleontological Scientific Trust (PAST) ; National Research Foundation of South Africa
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7786]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa 3.Univ Pretoria, Dept Anthropol & Archaeol, Lynnwood Rd, ZA-0083 Pretoria, South Africa 4.Univ Penn, Dept Anthropol, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA 5.Univ Cape Town, Dept Geol Sci, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Hao,Kuman, Kathleen,Lotter, Matt G.,et al. The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids[J]. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,2017,4(6).
APA	Li, Hao,Kuman, Kathleen,Lotter, Matt G.,Leader, George M.,&Gibbon, Ryan J..(2017).The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids.ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,4(6).
MLA	Li, Hao,et al."The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids".ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 4.6(2017).