Early stone tools
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Credits and running time taken from print.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Academic supervision by Prof. Francois Bordes, Prof. Desmond Clark ; photography, William Heick, Gordon Mueller ; editing, Chris Christensen ; art direction, Alan Atkins.; Narrator, Anthony Ostroff.; Professor François Bordes at the University of Bordeaux in France demonstrates some of the percussion flaking techniques which early man and his predecessors may have used to produce a variety of tools. Shows actual prehistoric tools from such sites as Olduvai Gorge, Clacton by the Sea, and various Neanderthal sites. Uses animation to show how the development of these tools parallels the evolution of man himself from his Australopithecine forebears to Homo sapiens.; PFA 1608-01-12999. D0004; PFA 1608-01-13000. D0004; PFA 1608-01-12999. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/04 /18 Very good color. Heavy to moderate scratches throughout. Good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/05/23 Somewhat faded.; PFA 1608-01-13000. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/04 /18 Very good color. Heavy to moderate scratches throughout. Good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2007/05/23 Somewhat faded.
Credits
Clyde B. Smith; William Heick; Gordon Mueller; Alan Atkins; Chris Christensen; Anthony Ostroff; François Bordes; University of California (System). Extension Media Center; University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology
Sources
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
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