ANTH 1220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arctic Fox, Dermatoglyphics, Art Of The Upper Paleolithic
19 May 2017
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Small floor area: 2500 pieces of baked clay lumps human and animal figurines , no daily activity debris (science of finger few hollow long bones. Burial in main compound: covered with red ochre, canines of arctic fox held in hands, placed under 2 mammoth scapulae. Female, 40 years old: disfigured face, pathological condition caused paralyses of cheek muscles of left side of face (stroke, finds 1936 discovered head of women carved in ivory. 1948 found woman"s face carved on small ivory in both cases, obvious distortion of left side of tablets face special status burial facially deformed female. 80 km water to cross at last glacial maximum . Many date to > 30 000 bp in southern part of continent lomoar cpsd| 987298. Some of the oldest sites in australia: lie along margins of dry lakebeds. >32 000 bp sites contain shells, fish, mammal bones, human burials, hearths and clay oven. Evidence for early occupation in west, near coast.
