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   What tools were used in the Middle Paleolithic era?

   • The most important point for you to remember about the Middle Paleolithic stone technologies is that the emphasis shifted from core tools, like the Acheulean Handaxe, to flake tools like the Levallois point. Certainly, even at Olduvai, hominids had been taking advantage of sharp-edged flakes and even modifying them for specific tasks.

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   What is the Middle Paleolithic?

   • The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. The term Middle Stone Age is used as an equivalent or a synonym for the Middle Paleolithic in African archeology. The Middle Paleolithic broadly spanned from 300,000 to 50,000 years ago.

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   What stone technologies were found in Middle Paleolithic deposits?

   • In this section you will be introduced to two stone technologies found associated with Middle Paleolithic deposits. The most important point for you to remember about the Middle Paleolithic stone technologies is that the emphasis shifted from core tools, like the Acheulean Handaxe, to flake tools like the Levallois point.

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   How long did tools last in the Middle Stone Age?

   • These toolkits last until at least 50,000 to 28,000 years ago. In Africa, the Middle Stone Age toolkits sometimes include blades and other types of archeological evidence (beads and artifacts that indicate the use of color and symbols) that are typical of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe.

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2. humanorigins.si.edu › middle-stone-age-toolsMiddle Stone Age Tools | The Smithsonian Institution's Human ...

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   Jan 3, 2024 · Here, the term ‘Middle Stone Age’ includes a variety of toolkits from Africa and also the toolkits usually referred to as the Middle Paleolithic in Europe. These toolkits last until at least 50,000 to 28,000 years ago. In Africa, the Middle Stone Age toolkits sometimes include blades and other types of archeological evidence (beads and ...

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   An ongoing controversy about the nature of Middle Paleolithic tools is whether there were a series of functionally specific and preconceived tool forms or whether there was a simple continuum of tool morphology that reflect the extent of edge maintenance, as Harold L. Dibble has suggested.

   • Dates: 300,000 to 50,000 BP
   • Period: Stone Age

   • Followed by: Upper Paleolithic
   • Preceded by: Lower Paleolithic

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   Dec 21, 2016 · the Palaeolithic (or Old Stone Age) the Mesolithic (or Middle Stone Age) the Neolithic (or New Stone Age) The Palaeolithic spans the time from the first known stone tools, dated to c. 2,6 million years ago, to the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 years ago.

   • Author: Emma Groeneveld

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   These Middle Paleolithic assemblages first appear in deposits of the third interglacial and persist during the first major oscillation of the Fourth Glacial (Würm) stage. Associated with the Tayacian, in which the artifacts consist of flakes, remains of modern humans (Homo sapiens) have been found.

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   The stone tool technologies covered in this section include: The Levallois Technique. The Disk Core Technique. The Levallois Technique. The Levallois technique of core preparation and flake removal is the earliest of the core preparation technologies. The technology works in four distinct stages.

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   2 days ago · Stone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools, the oldest known of which date to some 3.3 million years ago. The Stone Age is usually divided into three separate periods: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.