ARCH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Chauvet Cave, Radiometric Dating, Hohle Fels
27 Jun 2018
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The Upper Paleolithic in Europe
Emergence of New tool technologies (cont'd)
Atlatl (spear thrower)
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Allowed for further hunting of animals
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Get spear traveling 160 km/h
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Evidence of bow & arrow around 64000 ya
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11,000 ya for oldest bow
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Upper Paleolithic cultures are divided based on stone tool
technologies:
Aurignacian 34,000 to 27,000 B.P.
Nosed-scraper--shorter blades
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Carinated scraper--shorter blades
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Retouched blade
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Strangulated blade
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Split based bone point--aid for a spear
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1)
Gravettian 27,000 to 21,000 B.P.
Gravette--used to cut for incising
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Noailles burin (arrow points to burin facet)
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Font Robert point
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Microgravette
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Solutrean 21,000 to 16,000 B.P.
Laurel leaf point (blades)
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Would heat up their stone--porcelain-like
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Around 13 inches long
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1/4 inch thick
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3)
Magdalenian 16,000 to 11,000 B.P.
Borer
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Bladelet
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Harpoons (carved from antler, ivory, or bone)
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Upper Paleolithic Art in Europe
Parietal art – art on the walls of a cave
Upper Paleolithic rock art sites-Examples include:
Chauvet Cave***(Cave of Forgotten Dreams),
France - Earliest*** Paintings in this cave
date to 32,000 years ago
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El Castillo, Spain - The date of 40,800 years
ago makes this the oldest*** known cave
painting
Date found through Uranium Series Dating
(radiometric dating technique--used by
measuring the ratio between uranium and
thorium--calcium carbonate)
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Right in the time period of overlap of
Neandertals and modern humans--not sure
who created the handprints
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Lascaux, France - Dates 17,000 years ago
2000 figures in this cave site
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A lot of animals figures
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Using a variety of pigments--ochre,
manganese (black, metallic), charcoal
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Found in 1940
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http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/lascaux/
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Altamira, Spain - dates 16,500 to 14,000 years
ago.
Discovered in 1879--by an 8 year old girl
and father (accused of forgery)
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One area of a club that dates to about
36,000 ya--majority of them are more
recent
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100 in 32 caves of human drawing-- male drawing
were using alone, running or in pursuit--women
usually resting or in groups
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Mobiliary art – art that is portable (includes Venus
figurines and animal carvings)
Venus figurines
These pieces of art are carved figurines
depicting the human female form
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Examples of Venus figurines include:
Venus of Laussel (around 18 in)
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Venus of Willendorf (Austria--carved from
a piece of limestone--about 24,000 ya)
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Venus of Brassempouy (1.5 in--
ivory--30,000ya--earliest representation
of a human face)
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Venus of Lespugue (France mammoth ivory--6
in high)
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Venus of Hohle Fels
this 35,000 year old Venus figurine is the
oldest depiction of a human female
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Hohlenstein site
32,000 year old lion headed figurine made from
mammoth ivory
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Body ornamentation--jewellery
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Musical instruments
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Modern Humans made musical instruments
35,000 year old bird bone flute from Hohle Fels Cave,
Germany is an example of one of the oldest instruments
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Upper Paleolithic: Expanding Intellectual Horizons (pg. 180-211)
Friday, October 13, 2017
10:28 AM
Document Summary
Evidence of bow & arrow around 64000 ya. Upper paleolithic cultures are divided based on stone tool technologies: Parietal art art on the walls of a cave. France - earliest*** paintings in this cave date to 32,000 years ago. El castillo, spain - the date of 40,800 years ago makes this the oldest*** known cave painting. Date found through uranium series dating (radiometric dating technique--used by measuring the ratio between uranium and thorium--calcium carbonate) Right in the time period of overlap of. Neandertals and modern humans--not sure who created the handprints. Using a variety of pigments--ochre, manganese (black, metallic), charcoal. Altamira, spain - dates 16,500 to 14,000 years ago. Discovered in 1879--by an 8 year old girl and father (accused of forgery) One area of a club that dates to about. 100 in 32 caves of human drawing-- male drawing were using alone, running or in pursuit--women usually resting or in groups.
