ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adze, Lake Huron, Hand Axe
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Fluted points trait never repeated in north america and anywhere else in the world. Most recent glacial advance (last glacial maximum) 20,000-12,000 years. Periods of ice age and interglacial periods. 4 times the height of the cn tower. 13kya: laurentide ice sheet at 50% volume- thinning before receding; only 25% in area reduction. 13 kya to 9kya (4000 years of varying forms) One the way it drains is through the mississippi river. The changing pattern of drainage- starts to drain east- resulted. In influx of cold water- interfered with thermohaline circulation- if process stops seas would start to freeze. Only when glaciers start to melt southern ontario becomes habitable. Early palaeoindian (12,300 years ago) sites associated with strandlines (ancient shorelines) 13, 340 to 12830 cal bp (500-600 years- short lived phenomena) Some vary with how parallel the sides are. Used highly identifiable material- associated with a point. Frequently reworked- if source was far away.
