Australian archaeologists dropped the term 'Stone Age' decades ago, and so should you
- Written by Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
The use of stone tools is evidence of technnological sophistication.Shutterstock/iurii
“Stone Age” is a term often used to refer to early periods in human cultural evolution, when deliberately manufactured sharp stone flakes were the main cutting tool.
But it’s also used to describe cultures that are seen as “backward”...
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