ARCH exam 3
Archaeology 2800 with Byers at University of North Texas
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By: Alex Smith
Created: 2011-04-06
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Neanderthals have distinctive physical characteristics; one explanation offered for these distincive features is?
Cold adaptive- short stumpy bodies, big nose
the site that contains the fossil remains of the oldest modern humans
Klasier River Mouth. 100,000 yrs ago
Index fossil associated with fully modern humans is?
blade technology
Neanderthal tool assemblage that contained 50-80% scrapers that were simple, thick, and convex is called?
The 'Quina' group
the regional continuity model for the origins of modern humans?
Shows erectines getting out of Africa 1.8 million years ago. Replacement model puts them out of Africa 200,000 years ago.
The sites of Skuhl and Qafseh demonstrate that?
Neanderthals and humans lived side by side
the total replacement model for theorigins of modern humans is based on?
mitochondrial DNA on mother's side
the sites of Sima de los Huesos and Arago contain fossil evidence that supports?
Neanderthals coming 200,000 ya
Lewis Binford and his wife Sally addressed the Mousterian problem, what were the results?
denticolates, longbones, skulls, pollen. had limited results.
showed nesting behavior (women taking care of babies in caves)
Bordes explained the variation in Mousterian tool assemblages as the result of?
thier tenatious, stubborn culture
there were 63 different neanderthal tool types and Bordes classification works for them all.
Katanda is an important site because it?
foreshadows upper paleolithic by 40,000 ya. found harpoons and bone tools
Archaic Homo sapiens fossils show up in the fossil record about? What was thier distribution?
600 kya in africa, 200 kya in Euro and Asia
Marcellin Boules reconstruction of "Neanderthal Man" depicted the hominid as?
stupid beast that couldnt walk upright
Compared to that of modern human beings, neanderthal cranial capacity is?
on average larger
the morphology of the neaderthals from the neck down implies a biolical adaptation to?
extremely cold environment
the Mousterian technology focused on the production of?
finely made flake tools, precision blade tools
Most proponents of the replacement model trace the first human beings to?
Africa, 100k-200kya
the bone tools from the Katanda sites in Zaire are significant because they show?
it was earlier than in Europe,
50,000 years before Europe
Border Caveand Klasies River Mouth sites produced fossils that appear to be?
modern human sites
Chatleperronian industry appears to have been?
Done by neanderthals
Blade technology, jewelry
the period during which modern behavior becomes apparent in the archeological record is the?
Upper Paleolithic
Int the Upper Paleolithic, the subsistence base?
subsistence base broadened, ice sheets
the sites of Kasar Akil an dBoker Tachtit are significant
significant because of shell necklaces, bone tools.
they were at the right place and right time 'invader species' that made it into Europe.
The Upper Paleolithic tradition characterized by finely flakes, symetrical, leaf-shaped projectile points similar to New World stone technology is called the
Solutrian
A major technological innovation of the Upper Paleolithic was the?
Spear Atlatl
what is the deal with those so called Venus Figurines?
Grevetian
females of all stages of life, not-all pregnant
the Pleistocene is characterized by/as?
the age of man
During thelatter part of the Upper PAleolithic the ice sheets retreated and the hunters-gatherers had 2 choices- follow the caribou N. or adapt to new forest env
the culture group that faced this dilemma was?
MAGDALENIAN
the Mousterian tool technology of Levallois, what is that all about?
technology to make sophisticated flake tools and Levallois points
the Mousterian of Arceulean Tradition is the oldest of the mousterian tool assembleges and represents the transition from homo erectus to neandertals, true or false?
False. they were the youngest
were neanderthals the 1st humans to leave evidence of a spiritual life in the form of cave bears skulls ritually placed on rock slabs or alters within habitat sites
No, they ate cave bears and used the caves as shelter
who was Dorothy Garrod? Where did she work? What did she discover?
Found 1st neandertal skeleton from outside of Euro in addition to 92,000 stone tools. Mount Camel Cave
list six of the characteristics of the Upper Paleolithic that were mentioned in class
Blades, larger sites, exotic goods, bone antlers and shell tools, art, burials
could neanderthals talk? What evidence supports your conclusion?
Yes, bone in right spot, same gene and chromosomes for speach as humans
Neanderthals used caves extensively in Europe, yet we see no evidence of the use of caves by Homo Erectus, Why?
caves and rock shelters eroded and collapsed.
Gravettian 20-30,000ya. Thinner more finely made blades, earliest ivory and bone sculpture, VENUS FIGURINES, Mammoth bone houses, Eastern migration-Moscow
Gravettian
30-40,000 ya, earliest blade industry in Europe
Cro-Magnon: composite tools, Atl-Atl, Art, Ridge Runners (invador species into Euro)
AURIGNACIAN
18-20,000 ya
tools- horse head carvings, France, Spain, Portugal only
horse eaters
Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) folks
SOLUTRIAN
12-18,000 ya
FINAL upper paleolithic blade industry
art (80%)
large scale climate change occurred
people lived for seasons, not year round
MAGDELENIAN
About this deck
By: Alex Smith
Created: 2011-04-06
Size: 39 flashcards
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Created: 2011-04-06
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