ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Beringia, Hunter-Gatherer, Grave Goods
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Lecture 11: topic 6: from food production to early states. Indication of ritual e. g. , definite burials with grave goods: expansion of our species to most of planet, south and east asia by 70-90 kya, australia by 50 kya, americas by 15 kya. However, there were vast ice sheets to the south. 2 possible routes south from beringia: the ice-free corridor between the cordilleran and laurentide ice sheets, through alberta. This corridor was closed until 14 kya: the costal route down the pacific coast of alaska and british columbia, which was still partly glaciated. Best example of an early site: monte verde. Complex site with structures, bones, plant remains well-dated. Current consensus: around 15 kya coastal migration occurred down the pacific coast. Sites are rare because most are below current sea levels: around d 13 kya a separate migration from interior alaska don the ice corridor. Topic 6: from food production to early states.
