CLA 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Obsidian Hydration Dating, Sesklo, Franchthi Cave

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2101
• Professor: Don't Know

Document Summary

It is a female neanderthal skull found in the petralona, chalkidiki (macedon) from. They lived in caves, rock shelters, and open sites. Mention two places that were inhabited almost continuously throughout the. Palaeolithic and the mesolithic period : the franchthi cave - northern peloponnesus, near the argolid gulf (hermion). First population probably arrived by sea: the cave theopetra in thessaly. Obsidian is black volcanic glass and is used for manufacture of tools. Fishermen from anatolia and levant first visited cyprus and informed the hunters of the pigmy hippos at aetokremnos, south cyprus. There are plenty and very easy to catch. 2: they found many obsidian tools that apparently came from melos, 100km away from franchthi. The most likely used raft or boats made of papyrus. People were buried close to the entrance of caves. Their burial customs include burials under the floors of houses, and burials associated with dogs. Early pottery white wares; watertight, has disinfect properties.