ANTH 2050 Midterm: Test 2 Notes (scored 92%)
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60kya: neanderthals become extinct in the middle east 40kya, humans and neanderthals may have co-existed in the region for 60kya e. Innovations: blade production, use of stone blades, blades obtained from single pre-shaped core, blades retouched with pressure flaking, many styles of projectile points e. We don"t know: abundant at dolni vestonica, czech republic (25 kya) ix. Spirits and deities: australia, dolni vestonice, moravia, czech republic, 28 kya, large habitation and burial site: contrast with western europe. Ice age: maybe people used boats and traveled the west coast to hunt water animals and ended up in. Utah: traditional view, paleo-indians are hunters specializing on big game, typical projectiles- fluted points (clovis, folsom) deeper flute, clovis: 11,500- 10,500 bp, clovis, new mexico 1920s-1930s, north america including mexico and south. America (not found in other places: large, lanced late blades, bifacial fluting for hafting, point made here, preclovis evidence, meadowcroft rock shelter, Pennsylvania: more than 100 carbon-14 dates going back to 17000.
