ANTH 110 Lecture 9: Anthro. lecture Ch. 9
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Introduction: after about 40,000 y. a. , we see many significant changes in the archaeological record reflecting important cultural and social changes, this period of cultural history in europe, the near east, and asia is known as the upper. Paleolithic extends from about 40,000 to 10,000 y. a. to the period known as the. In africa, the comparable cultural period is called the later stone age and may have begun much earlier. In north and south america the period beings with the first occupation of the new. World before 12,000 y. a. and are called paleo-indians: people still mainly hunters, gatherers, and fishers who lived in small, mobile bands. Upper paleolithic europe: megafauna supplied great amount of meat for upper paleolithic hunting cultures, as people began to use more diverse resources many upper paleolithic groups became more sedentary. Each probably housed a group of related families: bone heaps from 100 mammoths.
