Anthro Midterm 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Africa | Where did AMHSS initially emerge from? |
| SW Asia | Where did the AMHSS first migrate to? |
| Cro Magnon | 35K BP, in Europe, were hunters & gatherers, do not know the separation of labor, made fantastic cave art and portable venus figurines |
| Grotte de Chauvet, France | 36K BP, recently discovered cave art in france, along with 55 bear skulls considered for some kind of ritual -- associated with Cro Magnon |
| Cosquer Cave, France | cave is now 65ft below sea level, 27-19K BP, art on wall in caves; handprints & animals all done in charcoal, Venus figurines --> 25K BP, associated with cro magnons & homo sapiens sapiens |
| Fired Clay | This type of art first seen in the upper paleolithic, europe, 35K BP, Venus Figurines |
| Lifeways of Cro Magnon | Successful adaptation to harsh and unpredictable conditions like winter, sites produce abundant bones from large animals, collected & processed plant foods, probably had storage capabilities & art demonstrates sophisticated symbolic expression & communication |
| Venus Figurines | found in europe, made in upper paleolithic, carved from bone and stone and fired clay by the cro magnons in 25k BP, purpose is unknown |
| Out of Africa Theory | 1993: Stringer & Gamble: proposes that homo sapiens evolved from middle homo (homo erectus) one time in southern africa and spread all over & overcompeted with other hominims. |
| Multi-Regional Theory | 1984: Wolpoff et a. Alan Thorne: suggests that Homo sapiens evolved from middle homo in a number of places and the populations al interbred so that modern human beings are all similar. |
| Homo Floresiensis | 38-18k BP, the last hominim?, "the hobbit", 3' tall, small brain like chimpanzee, hss teeth, fully bipedal, tools in with remains, thought to have hunted kimono dragons (8-12 ft long) |
| Theories of Homo Florensiensis | 1- homo erectus moved to island & got much, much smaller, 2 - genetic disorder microsethan, 3 - related to another hominim from asia that hasn't been found bc pelvis looks like lucy |
| Willandra Lakes - Australia | 30-40k BP, freshwater shell midden & human skeletal remains of AMHSS |
| Kow Swamp - Australia | Alan Thorne, 13-10k BP, remains of 22 individuals, much more recent than other site in Australia, Willandra Lakes. Skeletons show archaic traits; big brow ridges, big faces, long low skulls, sloping foreheads |
| D'uktai Cave - Eastern Siberia | Yuri Mochanov, 14k BP min, megafauna/mammoth/musk ox bones, large stone choppers, projectile points & microblades |
| Microblade Technology | Found in D'uktai Cave in Eastern Siberia, new technology for making weapons, small, thin flakes are set into wood shafts |
| Ushki - Eastern Siberia | Nicholai Dikov, 13k BP, site with remains of megafauna; mammoth, bison, reindeer & salmon |
| Beringia | the area between northeasternmost siberia and north america that would have been crossed in colonization of the new world. Is now below sea level but used to be dry land. |
| Beringia, 24-17k BP | too much ice covering the passage between northeasternmost siberia and north america, was impassable (LGM = 20k BP) |
| Beringia, 15/14.7-14k BP | passage between northeasternmost siberia and north america was 'ice free corridor model' (also the coastal corridor) was flat treeless, windswept plain, populated by large animals; mammoths, bison, horses & camels |
| Beringia, 12.9k BP | passage between northeasternmost siberia and north america was submerged, HSS were no longer able to walk over, had to use a boat. |
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