ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Archaic Humans, Upper Paleolithic, Lithic Reduction
Document Summary
Humankind achieved modern anatomy 195,000 ya speciation event in africa. Beginning to appear that something happened to early homo sapiens about 100,000. Late stone age (lsa) in africa - 50,000-45,000 ya. 50,000 ya = cultural revolution of modern humans. Production of many sorts of bone artifacts. Bone tools easier to make than stone tools. Production of art and items for personal decoration. Press (not strike) flakes off core with bone, antler or wood punch. Classic european upper paleolithic cultural periods: aurignacian 40,000 27,000 ya. Blade: perigordian/gravettian 27,000 21,000 ya. The venus figurines: solutrean 21,000 16,500 ya. Solutrean laurel leaf: magdalenian, 16,500 11,000 ya. Tool used to shape other tools aka chisel: fish hook, harpoon, atlatl spear thrower. Increases leverage of throwing arm to increase velocity of spear: bow & arrow. Allows you to increase distance between yourself and the prey. Entoptic images = geometric shapes and lines. Cave art meaning: sympathetic hunting magic hypothesis.
