Choukoutienian industry

Choukoutienian industry

      tool assemblage discovered along with cultural remains at the Chou-k'ou-tien (Pinyin Zhoukoudian) caves near Peking, site of Homo erectus finds. See Chopper chopping-tool industry.

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  • Chopper chopping-tool industry — ▪ prehistoric technology       certain stone tool traditions of Asia, probably of later Pleistocene age, characterized by roughly worked pebble chopper (q.v.) tools. These traditions include the Choukoutienian industry of China (associated with… …   Universalium

  • Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …   Universalium

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