Slide 1HomoMajor Sites: EuropeSlide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23Slide 24Slide 25Slide 26Slide 27Slide 28Slide 29Slide 30Slide 31Slide 32Slide 33Slide 34Slide 35Slide 36Slide 37Slide 38Slide 39Slide 40Slide 41Hunting at Torralba and Ambrona in SpainandLiving at Terra Amata, FranceHenry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 80.Class Slides Set # 27ATim Roufs’ sectionHomoGenusHomoSpecies•rudolfensis ( “early” )•habilis ( “early” )•erectus–Java (Trinil)•Pithecanthropus erectus–China (Beijing)•Homo erectus pekinensis–Africa . . . –Europe . . .•sapiens•Ambrona and Torralba, Spain•400,000 - 200,000 ? ybp•AcheulianThe Ambrona ValleyMajor Sites: EuropeThe Emergence of Man: The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 111.Homo erectus migrations.Time-Life, Early Man, p. 92.Major Sites: EuropeAmbrona and Torralba•both kill sites were littered with crude hand axes, cleavers, scrapers, and cutting tools•the elephant bones at both sites were buried in clays that were once treacherous marshAmbrona and Torralba•were on important game trails between summer and winter grazing areasMajor Sites: EuropePeople of the Earth, 10th ed., p. 97.Ambrona and Torralba•the hunters preyed on migrating elephants each spring and fall, dispersing into smaller groups during the other seasons–others believe that the hunters were actually scavenging from animals naturally stuck in the mudMajor Sites: EuropeAmbrona and Torralba•hunted elephants•but did not exploited small game, birds, fish, or sea mammals on any significant scaleMajor Sites: EuropeTorralba•yielded most of the left side of a large elephant that had been cut into small piecesMajor Sites: EuropeAmbrona•yielded most of the remains of 30 - 35 dismembered elephants•concentration of broken food bones found all over the site•elephants had been broken open to expose the brainsMajor Sites: EuropeSource: The Emergence of Man: The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 93.Ambrona, Spain.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 87..The Emergence of Man: The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 87.Ambrona, Spain.Living-floor Map, Torralba, Spain.The Emergence of Humankind, 4th ed., p. 110.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 94.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 96.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 90.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 93.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 99.Homo erectus (Torralba-Ambrona, Spain).Time-Life, Early Man, p. 98.!Kung san, Africa.The Emergence of Man: The First Men (Little Brown, 1973), p. 119.Terra Amata, France.Terra Amata•Nice, France•400,000 - 300,000 ybp•most complete reconstruction of Middle Pleistocene life in EuropeMajor Sites: EuropeTerra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 86.Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology.Terra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 80.Fire Pit,Terra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 83.!Kung san, Africa.Terra Amata•Henry de Lumley suggests several huts–6 - 15 meters by 4 - 6 meters–estimates that each hut could hold up to 15 people–a hearth in the center of each hut suggests control and use of fireMajor Sites: EuropeTerra Amata•occupants = ?•no fossil remains allow their identification–Homo erectus ?–archaic Homo sapiens ? –Homo heidelbergensis ?Major Sites: EuropePoints and scrapers,Terra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 85.Points and scrapers,Terra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 85.Choppers and picks,Terra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 83.Making a blade tool,Terra Amata, France.Henry de Lumley, Prehistoric Times (W.H. Freeman, 1983), p. 87.HomoGenusHomoSpecies•rudolfensis ( “early” )•habilis ( “early” )•erectus–Java (Trinil)–China (Beijing)–Africa . . . –Europe . .
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