Exam 4: A World of Modern Humans

The Eastern Gravettian people of Dolní Vĕstonice experimented with ceramic technology ___________________ years before it appears elsewhere in the archaeological record.

Clovis and Folsom points are referred to as "fluted." What does this mean?

Altamira in Spain includes the famous Hall of the Snakes.

An atlatl acts as an extension of the arm, allowing hunters to throw projectiles much farther.

Dolní Vĕstonice and Sungir both featured burials including people with ________________.

The first humans to reach Sahul crossed a water gap of 200 miles.

Red ochre is a ____________________.

Which of these continents was the last to be colonized by humans?

What is Sahul? Why do we no longer use this place name?

The Monte Verde site lends support to the coastal route interpretation of the peopling of the Americas.

The double burial at Sungir, Russia, contains a male and female, both __________________.

How did mammoth steppe benefit Pleistocene hunter-gatherer-forager groups?

Briefly describe the "hunting magic" explanation of Upper Paleolithic cave art.

Hohle Fels in Germany yielded a ______________ bone flute.

________________________ is the time period in Africa beginning before 50,000 cal BC; it is characterized by modern humans with modern human behaviors, including abundant evidence of symbolism.

How do changing sea levels affect the archaeological record?

Why do archaeologists consider composite tools to be a significant innovation?

How did archaeologists use ethnographic analogy (modern Kalahari foragers) to interpret ostrich eggshell beads at the Enkapune ya Muto site? What are the limitations of ethnographic analogy?

An atlatl is also called a __________________________.

Anatomically modern Homo sapiens and __________________ coexisted in Europe until about 40,000 cal BC.