Early Acheulean culture

Japanese: アシュール前期文化 - あしゅーるぜんきぶんか
Early Acheulean culture

...No human remains from that time have been discovered, and it is unclear whether they were ape-men or early man, but choppers and chopping tools thought to belong to the Olduvai culture have been discovered at the Baronnet Cave in France, the Chirac site, and the Buig d'en Roca site in Spain. Between 700,000 and 400,000 years ago, a culture characterized by hand axes of African origin (Early Acheulean culture) spread across Europe. A large number of early man fossils have been found at ruins from this period, and the early man skull excavated from the Arago Cave in southern France is particularly well-known. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その頃の人類の遺骸は未発見であり,それが猿人であるか原人であるかは不明だが,オルドバイ文化に属すると思われるチョッパーやチョッピングトゥールが,フランスのバロネ洞窟,シラク遺跡,スペインのビュイグ・デン・ロカ遺跡などから発見されている。70万年前から40万年前になると,アフリカ起源のハンド・アックスを特色とする文化(アシュール前期文化)がヨーロッパに広がった。この時期の遺跡からは原人の化石がかなり発見されており,とくにフランス南部のアラゴ洞窟出土の原人頭骨は著名である。…

※「アシュール前期文化」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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