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Paleolithic
The first period of human pre-history, extending from the time of the first tools, more than 2.5 m.y.a. 7ntil the end of the pleistocene, 10,000 years ago
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Neolithic
Ther period of time of early farmers with domesticated plants and animals, polished stone tools., permanent villages and often pottery.
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glacial
a cold episod of the pleistocene; known as the ice age.
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Interglacial
A warm period of the Pleistocene
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Glaciation
The expansion of continental glacial ice during a period of cold climate
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Oxygen isotope ratio
The ratio of different isotopes of oxygen in ocean water, varying with the temperature of the water
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Milankovitch forcing
A term describing the phenomenon considered to be the prime reason for glacial fluctuations and climatic change
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Handaxe
A larfge, teardrop shaped stone tool bifacially flaked to a point at one end and a broader base at the other
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Reduction Technique
In Archaeology, a manufacturing process involving the removal of materials from a core that becomes the finished product.
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Acheulean
A major archaelogical culture of the lower Paleolithic, named after the site of St. Acheul in France
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Hand-Hammer Technique
A percussion technique for making stone tools by striking one stone, or core with another stone or hammer.
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soft-hammer technique
A flintknapping technique that involves the use of a hammer of bone, antler, or wood rather than stone.
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Cleaver
a tool with a broad leading edge
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burin
A stone tool with a right angled edges used for planing and engraving
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Clactonian
A term used for assemblages from the lower paleolithic, lacking handaxes and characterizeed by large flakes with heavy retouching and notches
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Sexual division of labor
the cooperative relationship between the sexes in hunter-gatherer groups involving different male and female task activity.
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