Early stone tools

Duration: 21

Year Published: 1967

Creator: produced for the Department of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley ; produced by University of California Extension Media Center ; written and directed by Clyde B. Smith.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Smith, Clyde B.; Heick, William.; Mueller, Gordon.; Atkins, Alan.; Christensen, Chris.; Ostroff, Anthony.; Bordes, François.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.; University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology.

Description: 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.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE