Axe age; Acheulian tool-making from quarry to discard.1845531388 Axe age; Acheulian tool-making from quarry to discard. Ed. by Naama Goren-Inbar and Gonen Sharon. Equinox equinox (ē`kwĭnŏks), either of two points on the celestial sphere where the ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect. The vernal equinox, also known as "the first point of Aries," is the point at which the sun appears to cross the Publishing Limited 2006 514 pages $95.00 Hardcover Approaches to anthropological archaeology GN772 The palaeolithic people of the Acheulian culture--living 1.6 million to 250,000 years ago, from South Africa and northern Europe to India and Nepal--probably did not conduct life-cycle analysis on their characteristic bifacial bi·fa·cial adj. 1. Having two faces, fronts, or façades. 2. Having two opposing surfaces that are alike. 3. Archaeology Flaked in such a way as to produce a cutting edge that is sharp on both sides. hand-axes. Fortunately modern archaeologists, from nearly as large a geographical range, have stepped in to fill the void. They consider obtaining the raw materials, the technology of biface bi·face n. Archaeology A bifacial stone tool. Adj. 1. biface - having two faces or fronts; "the Roman Janus is bifacial" bifacial knapping, a world typology typology /ty·pol·o·gy/ (ti-pol´ah-je) the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. typology the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. of large cutting tools, the meaning of cleavers, and regional perspectives. Distributed in North America by David Brown Book Co. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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