Ref ID:	30170
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Choi, Kildo Driwantoro, Dubel
Title:	Shell tool use by early members of Homo erectus in Sangiran, central Java, Indonesia: cut mark evidence
Date:	2007
Source:	Journal of Archaeological Science
Abstract:	Sangiran has been known as a source of fossil Homo erectus but is better known for the absence of archaeological tools. Cut mark analysis of Pleistocene mammalian fossils documents 18 cut marks inflicted by tools of thick clamshell flakes on two bovid bones created during butchery at the Pucangan Formation in Sangiran between 1.6 and 1.5 million years ago. These cut marks document the use of the first tools in Sangiran and the oldest evidence of shell tool use in the world.
Date Created:	12/15/2006
Volume:	34
Number:	1
Page Start:	48
Page End:	58