Marc Verha
Fri, Jul-14-06, 17:16
Journal of Archaeological Science Article in Press, Corrected
Proof doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.013 Shell tool use by early
members of Homo erectus in Sangiran, central Java, Indonesia:
cut mark evidence Kildo Choi & Dubel Driwantoro 2006
Sangiran has been known as a source of fossil Homo erectus but
is better known for the absence of archaeological tools. Cut
mark analysis of Pleistocene mammalian fossils documents 18
cut marks inflicted by tools of thick clamshell flakes on two
bovid bones created during butchery at the Pucangan Formation
in Sangiran between 1.6 and 1.5 million years ago. These cut
marks document the use of the first tools in Sangiran and the
oldest evidence of shell tool use in the world.
Proof doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.013 Shell tool use by early
members of Homo erectus in Sangiran, central Java, Indonesia:
cut mark evidence Kildo Choi & Dubel Driwantoro 2006
Sangiran has been known as a source of fossil Homo erectus but
is better known for the absence of archaeological tools. Cut
mark analysis of Pleistocene mammalian fossils documents 18
cut marks inflicted by tools of thick clamshell flakes on two
bovid bones created during butchery at the Pucangan Formation
in Sangiran between 1.6 and 1.5 million years ago. These cut
marks document the use of the first tools in Sangiran and the
oldest evidence of shell tool use in the world.