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on the living sites and on the prehistorian's ability, aided by his colleagues in the natural and social sciences, to assess and interpret the significance of the evidence. The studies of distribution patterns of associated finds-artifacts, fauna, or vegetable remains-and their relationships to the natural and artificial features of the occupation site itself, are immeasureably increasing knowledge of man's capabilities and activities at this cultural level and of his relationship to the other components of the eco-system of which he formed an inseparable part. Excavations recently undertaken or in active progress in stratigraphically sealed and dated deposits have shown that, not only is it possible to find living sites that are undisturbed dating from such an early time, but that the data they preserve are both rich and startling. The recovery of total or representative occurrences now makes it possible to begin to compare significantly the various Acheulian handaxe industries of Africa with those of Europe and so to attempt to assess the degree of variability that differing ecological conditions and the limitation of technical skill permitted at this time. |
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