ANT200H5 Lecture Notes - Upper Paleolithic, Bp, Magdalenian
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{upper paleolithic technology} dated between 43,00 15,000. {increased diversity: formal diversity, spatial and temporal diversity. Homo sapiens focused on bone tools as a resource: spear throwers were very common, 2 in 1 tools were very common and were more efficient. Types of bone tools: magdalenian harpoons, bone points with bases for mounting or bone needles (used for puncturing hide to make clothing) These increased the longevity of homo sapiens because they were able to hunt from a distant. This tool acts more as a chisel and a 2 in 1 tool and this increased efficiency. It was primarly used to groove the bone: {spatial/temporal diversity, european upper paleolithic had the most work done on it for some time. We"ll be looking over how people got to australia to north and. Upper paleolithic technology within europe dates back to. 43,000 to 15, 000 bp and the site name/fossil name is cro-magnons .
