ANTH 102 Lecture 1: Anth 102 - 1st Lecture
Document Summary
Stone tool industry similar to gravettian industry in western europe. Hunted broad spectrum of animals including fox, rabbit, and bison. Evidence includes mammoth bone houses at mezhirich (eastern europe) Bone and antler needles used to sew shelter and clothes. Focused on periglacial steppe mammals especially mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, following big-game north and north and eventually into north. Possible connections with the new world (traveling up north by exploiting big game moving towards n. america) Rope impressions in clay and ivory figurines (perhaps used for religious objects, fertility objects. Migration into beringia (land bridge connecting n. e. Evidence disappears further south, not a lot of evidence of settlement on the coast of alaska bc of sea level rising. Single migration path across beringia and south through the ice-free corridor. Lack of early coastal sites (sea levels have risen, sites are probably under water) Microblades (similar to those from ne asia.
