ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Kennewick Man, Eastern Canada, Soybean
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The early holocene: from epipaleolithic/mesolithic hunter gatherers to neolithic farmers. We are still in the holocene today. Beringia land bridge: northern asia (siberia) to alaska, open by 30,000 ya. Pacific coastal route: moved along pacific coast from asia on boats o. 17-15,000 ya: h2o transport along pacific rim, diverse coastal ecosystems. Characteristic tool is the fluted points can be easily hafted onto handle for a spear o o. Probably responsible for megafauna extinction in n. america. Sea levels start to rise, beringia floods over, deciduous type forests appear, large coastal environments. Led to diversity of deciduous plants and smaller fauna. Seen in north america, more mobile, tend to not bother with storage o. Stay in camps for long periods of time: middens - heaps of domestic waste left at sights, leave a lot more than foragers o. Cemeteries, mounds permanent places to place deceased, semi-permanent type shelters. Larger settlements, store because they stay in (semi-)permanent areas o o.
