Late Acheulean culture

Japanese: アシュール後期文化 - あしゅーるこうきぶんか
Late Acheulean culture

...In addition to many animal bones such as elephants and yaks, fish bones from the sea were also found at this site, making it clear that early humans were already obtaining food from the sea. From 400,000 to 80,000 years ago, the Hand Axe culture developed (Late Acheulean culture), and the number of ruins increased dramatically, elaborate hand axes were produced in large quantities, and the Levallois technique, a new technique for stone tool production, was developed (Acheulean culture). Interestingly, the Chopper-Chopping-Toul culture, which existed in parallel with the Hand Axe culture and strongly retained the traditions of the Olduvai culture, was distributed from northern to eastern Europe, and further extended from Pakistan and northern India to Southeast and East Asia.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Late Acheulean culture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この遺跡からはゾウやヤギュウのような獣骨多数のほかに,海からとれた魚骨が発見されており,すでに原人が海からも食料を得ていた事実が明らかになった。40万年前から8万年前まではハンド・アックス文化の発展期(アシュール後期文化)であり,遺跡の数も格段に増加し,精巧な作りのハンド・アックスが多産され,石器製作上の新技法であるルバロア技法が開発された(アシュール文化)。おもしろいことに,ハンド・アックス文化に並行しながらオルドバイ文化の伝統を強く残すチョッパー・チョッピングトゥール文化が,ヨーロッパの北部から東部にかけて分布し,さらにパキスタン,インド北部から東南アジアおよび東アジアにまで達していた。…

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