Class Slides Set 27B
Holocene Hunters and Gatherers
Cro-Magnon I
(France)
Time line of Holocene Hunters and Gatherers.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 373.
North America during the late Pleistocene ice age, about 18,000 y.a.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 376.
Location of some early New World sites.
Paleo-Indians in the New World by 13,500 y.a.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 381.
Implement from Stratum IIa at the Meadowcroft rock-shelter, Pennsylvania.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 382.
14,800-year-old structure, Monte Verde, Chile.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 383.
North American Paleo-Indian and Archaic sites.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 384.
Clovis fluted points in simulated mountings.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 385.
The largest American woolly mammoths
were over 13 feet (4 m) high at the shoulder.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 385.
Giant Pleistocene long-horned bison were hunted by Paleo-Indians.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 385.
Clovis
Folsom
Plano
Dalton
Major types of North American Paleo-Indian projectile points.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (8th ed), p. 386.
Partially articulated remains of three mammoths
in Paleo-Indian meat caches, Colby site, Wyoming
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 386.
Pleistocene bison skull from Wyoming
(33 inches [83cm] wide).
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 387.
Molar teeth of mastodon (left) and mammoth (right).
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 387.
Skeleton of the extinct Irish elk, a relative of the American moose.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 388.
European Mesolithic stone axe in its antler sleeve,
Shaped to fit into the socket of a missing wooden handle.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 389.
A Mesolithic forager uses a basket or bag to collect honey, Spain.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 390.
Mesolithic sites of northern Europe.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 391.
Epipaleolithic sites in the Levant region of the Near East.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 392.
Reconstruction of a Natufian gazelle horn reaping knife,
with inset flint blades.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 393.
Danger Cave, Utah.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 394.
The arid Great Basin of the American West.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 394.
Northwest Coast food collectors totem pole at permanent village.
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 395.
Iroquois cornhusk mask, or “bushy head.”
Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 379.
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