ANTH 1220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Arctic Fox, Dermatoglyphics
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Finger prints 27 000 bp (in baked clay) Burial in main compound: covered with red ochre, canines of arctic fox held in hands. 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 tablets in both cases, obvious distortion of left side of 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. 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. Some of the oldest rock art and wall paintings in the world.