Le Paléolithique ancien

Breuil, Henri; Kelley, Harper

doi:10.3406/bspf.1954.12400

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“…Although this did not deter scholars from establishing detailed industrial successions in Europe (e.g. [26]), the African sequence had begun to enter the spotlight.…”

Section: A Historical Context For the Acheulean (A) The Acheulean Andmentioning

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The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution

Torre¹

2016

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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The emergence of the Acheulean from the earlier Oldowan constitutes a major transition in human evolution, the theme of this special issue. This paper discusses the evidence for the origins of the Acheulean, a cornerstone in the history of human technology, from two perspectives; firstly, a review of the history of investigations on Acheulean research is presented. This approach introduces the evolution of theories throughout the development of the discipline, and reviews the way in which cumulative knowledge led to the prevalent explanatory framework for the emergence of the Acheulean. The second part presents the current state of the art in Acheulean origins research, and reviews the hard evidence for the appearance of this technology in Africa around 1.7 Ma, and its significance for the evolutionary history of Homo erectus.This article is part of the themed issue 'Major transitions in human evolution'.

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“…Although this did not deter scholars from establishing detailed industrial successions in Europe (e.g. [26]), the African sequence had begun to enter the spotlight.…”

Section: A Historical Context For the Acheulean (A) The Acheulean Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution

Torre¹

2016

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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“…Despite coming from the highest and, therefore, oldest terrace in the Lower Thames, they assigned them to the culturallyevolved St Acheul II stage, equivalent to the 'Upper Acheulean' described by Victor Commont (1908) in the Somme Valley. Henri Breuil included the latter material in his Acheulean IV, the penultimate phase of the Acheulean before, according to him, it evolved into the Micoquian (Acheulean VI & VII; Breuil & Kelley 1954). Collins (1969) similarly saw twists as a technically advanced trait, using them as the basis for his youngest 'Elveden' stage of the Acheulean, which he dated, on the basis of typology, to the mid-Rissian (ie, the penultimate glacial) period.…”

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Twisted Handaxes in Middle Pleistocene Britain and their Implications for Regional-scale Cultural Variation and the Deep History of Acheulean Hominin Groups

White¹,

Ashton

Bridgland³

2019

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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A better understood chronological framework for the Middle Pleistocene of Britain has enabled archaeologists to detect a number of temporally-restricted assemblage-types, based not on ‘culture historical’ schemes of typological progression but on independent dating methods and secure stratigraphic frameworks, especially river-terrace sequences. This includes a consistent pattern in the timing of Clactonian and Levalloisian industries, as well as a number of handaxe assemblage types that belong to different interglacial cycles. In other words, Derek Roe’s hunch that the apparent lack of coherent ‘cultural’ patterning was due to an inaccurate and inadequate chronological framework was correct. Some variation in handaxe shape is culturally significant. Here we focus on twisted ovate handaxes, which we have previously argued to belong predominantly to MIS 11. Recent discoveries have enabled us to refine our correlations. Twisted ovate assemblages are found in different regions of Britain in different substages of MIS 11 (East Anglia in MIS 11c and south of the Thames in MIS 11a), the Thames, and the MIS 11b cold interval separating the two occurrences. These patterns have the potential to reveal much about hominin settlement patterns, behaviour, and social networks during the Middle Pleistocene.

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“…Organized on the initiative of Charlotte d'Ault du Mesnil, it was awarded every three years and was endowed with a sum of 10,000 francs (Verneau 1923: 269-270 The last specific references to the work of Geoffroy d'Ault du Mesnil were made in the mid-1950s by H. Breuil, who had access to some unpublished manuscripts and notes for his research into the Quaternary and the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic (e.g. Breuil and Kelly 1954). Following this, references to d'Ault are extremely rare, with only a superficial understanding of his scientific work surviving.…”

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Geology meets archaeology: rediscovering the life and work of Geoffroy d’Ault du Mesnil (1842–1921)

Lopez-Romero

2015

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

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NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Proceedings of the Geologists ' Association, 126, February 2015, 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 2 AbstractThe period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century saw the birth and consolidation of prehistory and archaeology as scientific disciplines. Discussions of method and theory were posed; the antiquity of humankind was demonstrated; stratigraphic and chrono-typological sequences were settled. This process was initially linked to the natural and geological sciences. In France the names of J. Boucher de Perthes, E. Lartet, A. de Lapparent, E. Piette, E. Cartailhac, G. de Mortillet, L. Capitan and H. Breuil appeared; their role in the development of research frameworks at the national, European and international scales is well known, and they have been the subject of detailed studies in the historiography of geology and/or archaeology. However, the name of one of the most influential characters of the period seems to have been forgotten. This paper attempts to reassess the scientific standing and explore the personal life of Geoffroy d'Ault du Mesnil (1842-1921) through first-hand analysis of a variety of sources. The paper analyses the origins of his interdisciplinary approach to science, how he came to be a leading expert on the Quaternary terraces of the valley of the Somme and his key role in research on, and the preservation of, France's prehistoric heritage. This ultimately permits a renewed understanding of d'Ault du Mesnil's contribution to the scientific development of geology and prehistory, in addition to demonstrating how the wider social, economic and political context of the time shaped his own scientific personality.

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Le Paléolithique ancien

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The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution

The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution

Twisted Handaxes in Middle Pleistocene Britain and their Implications for Regional-scale Cultural Variation and the Deep History of Acheulean Hominin Groups

Geology meets archaeology: rediscovering the life and work of Geoffroy d’Ault du Mesnil (1842–1921)

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