آشولی

thumb|upright=1.2|A cordiform biface as commonly found in the Acheulean (replica) thumb|upright=1.2|Acheulean hand-axes from Kent. The types shown are (clockwise from top) cordate, ficron, and ovate. thumb|upright=1.2|Depiction of a Terra Amata (archaeological site)|Terra Amata hut in [[Nice, France dated to 400 thousand years ago, as postulated by Henry de Lumley.]] Acheulean (; also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associat

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The Acheulean is an archaeological period characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped stone hand axes that ancient peoples manufactured and used. It matters because these tools represent an important stage in human toolmaking technology and provide evidence of how early humans adapted and survived.

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Archaeological culture.name: Acheulean
Archaeological culture.map: Distribution of the Acheulean cultural tradition as it is currently understood.webp
Archaeological culture.mapcaption: Distribution of the Acheulean cultural tradition as it is currently understood, characterised by large bifacially flaked cutting tools (handaxes and cleavers)
Archaeological culture.mapsize: 300
Archaeological culture.region: Africa, Europe, and Asia
Archaeological culture.period: Lower Paleolithic
Archaeological culture.dates: 1.95–0.13 Mya
Archaeological culture.typesite: Saint-Acheul (Amiens)
Archaeological culture.precededby: Oldowan
Archaeological culture.followedby: Mousterian, Clactonian, Micoquien, Aterian, Soanian, Sangoan, Acheulo-Yabrudian complex, Fauresmith industry

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: archaeological culture
Part of: Lower Paleolithic
Followed by: Mousterian
Follows: Oldowan
Image: Distribution of the Acheulean cultural tradition as it is currently understood.webp

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