Anthropology 2230F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bering Sea, Cold Trap, Birnirk Culture
11 May 2013
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Hunter gatherer mobility: theory by lewis binford, residential mobility. Moving residence after resources at a location are exhausted: logistical mobility. In a more central location and send out task groups. Resources are brought back to base camp. Different proportions of c14 to c12 in marine environments vs. terrestrial. Can drift in ocean for long time before used by people. Gives a date that is too old. Best to use dwarf willow for dating: slow/no soil development. Early arctic prehistory: 2 main language groups: eskimo and aleut. Very different from each other: stone tools & lithic technology. Pressure flaker for sharpening: types of tools/terms. Burin: tool for working hard organic materials. End blade: stone point for arming tip of composite tool. Side blade: set in the side of composite tool. Earliest occupation: 30,000 15,000 bp, roots in siberia, diukati culture. Bifacial points, microblades, blades, scrapers, burins: sumnagin culture. Paleoarctic tradition: begins 10,000 bp, early sites in the glacial refugia, evidence:
