ANTH 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Upper Paleolithic, Sea Level Rise, Continental Shelf
20 Sep 2016
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Quaternary: last geological period on the time scale (2. 6 million years ago to present). Pleistocene: 2nd to last geological epoch characterized by the ice ages (2. 6 million years ago to. Holocene: last and current geological epoch mainly characterized by warm climate (12 thousand years ago to present), most of the archaeological record falls within the holocene. A case of paleoclimate change in north america. Last glacial cycle (25,000 to 12,000 cal bp) Last glacial: 15,000 to 12,000 cal bp, ice cores, flora and faunal data form north atlantic basin. Bolling-allerod interstade (warm: 15,000 to 13,000 cal bp, gradual warming toward interglacial, glacier retreat, advance of forests in north europe. Younger dryas stade (cold: 13,000 to 12,000 cal bp, cold snap (final hooray! Of the pleistocene): glacial readvance, treeline retreats south. Physiographic changes at the end of the pleistocene. Animals that are normally found in northern area, are found further south and are more abundant.
