العهد الأشولي Acheulean ويقع تاريخه حول 000ر75 ق.م ولقد تخلفت عنه آثار كثيرة في أوربا وجرينلند والولايات المتحدة والمكسيك وأفريقيا والشرق الأدنى والهند والصين ؛ وهذه الفترة لم تُصلح من المدية الحجرية إصلاحاً يجعلها أكثر تناسقاً وأحَدَّ طرفا فحسب ، بل أنتجت إلى جانب ذلك أنواعاً كثيرة من الآلات الخاصة كالمطارق والسندانات والكاشطات والصفائح ورءوس السهام وسنان الرماح والمدى ، وفي هذه الفترة تستطيع حتى ترى صورة تدل على فترة نشيطة للصناعة البشرية.

تحديد عمر الأشولي

الأدوات الحجرية الأشولية

المراحل

In the four divisions of prehistoric stone-working,^[1] Acheulean artefacts are classified as Mode 2, meaning they are more advanced than the (usually earlier) Mode 1 tools of the Clactonian or Oldowan/Abbevillian industries but lacking the sophistication of the (usually later) Mode ثلاثة Middle Palaeolithic technology, كان مثال عليها الصناعة الموسترية.

انظر أيضاً

• Lithic reduction
• العصر الحجري
• Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures

المصادر

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وصلات خارجية

• Acheulian Tools of North Africa — World Museum of Man
• Acheulian Tools of Europe — World Museum of Man
• Acheulean Gallery
• Acheulean tools from Britain
• Acheulian Iran
• Acheulian Armenia
• Acheulian Project
• Acheulean France
• Early human fire skills revealed
• The Acheulian biface project: a digital archive for teaching and research

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