ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Aleut, Selective Breeding, Pleistocene
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The holocene 10,000 ya: general warming of the worlds climate, glaciers melt and sea levels increase = drowned coastlines, environment change, forests move up north. Marine isotope = we are in stage 1. Pleistocene / holocene: extinction of species such as polar bears, wholly mammoths, the development of localized cultures as different responses to change. 3 different ways increase diet on a lot of species. So many resources that there is no problem: sedentary protect territory and food resources. Prior to holocene = large cultures in large areas. Archaic period = development of regional cultures : plains hunters. Use hunters to drive herds off cliffs. Use large spear heads: ^ west of this region: Seeds and gathering become important = basketry is created: crushing them to flour, easatern north america. New species like deer, squirrels, acorns: inuit and aleuts. Make it to green land from north america. Sophisticated boats to hunt= umiaks large whales.
