ANTH 2050 : Test Two Notes
Document Summary
Glacial advance: 100-10 kya glaciation, sea level drop 150m, exposed ocean floor. Wisconsin"s glaciation in north america: two ice sheets, laurentide, cordilleran, non-synchronized fluctuations. Beringia: land exposed: lower sea level, no ice (less precipitation, flat plain with no trees (tundra, large herd of animals. Siberia: glacier-free, grassland herbivores, the ushki sites, kamchatka peninsula, 14,000 bp, artifacts similar to those found in alaska, bison, reindeer, mammoth and salmon. 14,000 bp (meadowcroft: people reached south america (chile) by 12,500 bp, several debated claims for earlier occupations, material culture, ways of life (paleo-indian or archaic?) Paleo-indian period: from the time of the first inhabitants until 9,000 bp, discovered in plain in the 1930s at kill sites, traditional view: paleo-indians are hunters specializing on big game, typical projectiles= fluted points (clovis, folsom) Clovis: 11,500-10,500 bp: clovis, new mexico, 1920-30s, north america including mexico and south america, large, lanceolate blades, bifacial fluting for hafting.
