skywizard
6th January 2015, 02:16
LONDON, ENGLAND—The oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey
has been dated to approximately 1.2 million years ago. Danielle
Schreve of Royal Holloway, University of London, found the
quartzite flake in ancient deposits of the River Gediz in western
Turkey. “I had been studying the sediments in the meander bend
and my eye was drawn to a pinkish stone on the surface. When I
http://www.archaeology.org/images/News/1412/Turkey-oldest-artifact.jpgturned it over for a better look, the features of a humanly-struck
artifact were immediately apparent,” she recalled. An international
team of researchers then used high-precision radioisotopic dating
and palaeomagnetic measurements from lava flows, which both
pre-date and post-date the meander, to date the artifact to between
approximately 1.24 and 1.17 million years ago. “This discovery is
critical for establishing the timing and route of early human dispersal
into Europe,” Schreve said.
Source: http://www.archaeology.org/news/2847-141223-turkey-oldest-artifact
peace...
has been dated to approximately 1.2 million years ago. Danielle
Schreve of Royal Holloway, University of London, found the
quartzite flake in ancient deposits of the River Gediz in western
Turkey. “I had been studying the sediments in the meander bend
and my eye was drawn to a pinkish stone on the surface. When I
http://www.archaeology.org/images/News/1412/Turkey-oldest-artifact.jpgturned it over for a better look, the features of a humanly-struck
artifact were immediately apparent,” she recalled. An international
team of researchers then used high-precision radioisotopic dating
and palaeomagnetic measurements from lava flows, which both
pre-date and post-date the meander, to date the artifact to between
approximately 1.24 and 1.17 million years ago. “This discovery is
critical for establishing the timing and route of early human dispersal
into Europe,” Schreve said.
Source: http://www.archaeology.org/news/2847-141223-turkey-oldest-artifact
peace...