Chapter 10 Flashcards by Saran P

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Mousterian tools

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Flake tools (Levallois technique, 300–30 kya)

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Blade technology

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Long, parallel-sided flakes (Upper Paleolithic)

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Atlatl (spear-thrower)

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Upper Paleolithic hunting tool

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Venus figurines

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Small fertility statues (e.g., Venus of Willendorf)

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Lascaux/Chauvet Caves

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French Upper Paleolithic art sites

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Shanidar Cave

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Neanderthal site (Iraq) with flower pollen

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Megafauna

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Giant Pleistocene animals (mammoths, etc.)

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Pleistocene Epoch

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Ice Age (2.6 mya–12 kya)

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Beringia

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Ice Age land bridge (Asia–Americas)

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Clovis culture

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Early Paleoindian hunters (~13 kya)

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Cognitive Revolution

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Emergence of complex culture (~50 kya)

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Levallois technique

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Precise stone flake production (Middle Paleolithic)

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Ochre

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Red/yellow pigment used in art/body paint

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Microliths

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Tiny stone tools (Late Upper Paleolithic)

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Hunter-gatherer economy

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Foraging lifestyle of Paleolithic humans

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