ANTH 1557 Lecture 3: 1/23
Document Summary
Increase in the diversity of artifacts, complexity of social organization and ritual. Spread of modern humans across eurasia and as far as australia and the americas. Disappearance of neanderthals and other human species. Up to the last glacial maximum (lgm) Remains for four houses made from mammoth bones. Blade based tools for big game hunting. Located in central russia on the don river. Killed by a stab wound on the neck. 12 year old may have been bed ridden. Shared burial practices for adults and children. Some of the earliest examples of fired clay. Red ochre oh head and pelvic area. Oldest known depiction of a human face. Beginnings of higher density, less mobile populations. Dramatic changes in waterways as glaciers recede. By 10kya the glaciers shrunk, most of the land mass has been freed of ice. Humans had reached all continents other than antarctica. Much of the area switched to forest. Early evidence of herding/ domestication of goats.
