Exam 6: Expanding Intellectual Horizons: Arts and Ideas in the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age

Discuss the hypothesis that at least some of the Upper Paleolithic cave paintings were the result of trance induced hallucinations. How can this hypothesis be tested?

What are the major characteristics that differentiate Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age cultures from Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age cultures?

Discuss the explanations that have been provided for the meaning of Upper Paleolithic art.

In the Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Ages, the subsistence base:

What is the significance of the concentrations of red ochre found at Qafzeh and the incised chunks of ochre and shell beads found at Blombos Cave? How old are they, and what insights do they provide on the topic of the origins of art and symbol?

Describe the evolution of Upper Paleolithic stone tool traditions in Europe; name the traditions, describe them, and discuss their chronology.

The Upper Paleolithic tradition characterized by small blade tools and denticulate knives is called the:

What new raw materials were used by Upper Paleolithic and Late Stone Age people?

The Aurignacian is:

In the vast majority of the instances where grave goods were found in association with Neandertal burials, such goods were:

What is the significance of the flutes found at Hohle Fels Cave?

The Upper Paleolithic tradition characterized by microblades and bone and antler tools is called the:

The oldest date obtained for the cave paintings of the European Upper Paleolithic is about:

At Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave, Upper Paleolithic people produced:

Evidence for the net hunting of small mammals during the Upper Paleolithic has been found at:

Archaeologist Diane Gifford-Gonzalez has shown that modern artists depicting life in the Upper Paleolithic almost always present men:

The archaeological site of Arcy-sur-Cure is significant as a place where:

The painted image discovered at Fumane cave in Italy has been interpreted as a:

In Africa, the equivalent in time to the Upper Paleolithic in Europe is the:

What is the significance of "the grandmother effect?" What evidence is there that the grandmother effect may have in operation as much as 30,000 years ago?