Chapter 5: The Origin of Modern Humans Flashcards
Châtelperronian
an archaeo-logical industry found in France and northern Spain identified as transitional between the Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic
Arcy-sur-Cure
a site in northern France where excavators discovered a rich collection of ornaments, bone tools, and Châtelperronian stone tools
Aterian
- looks like an arrow
- a North African stone tool industry of points with a pronounced tang—a small projection located at the base of the point and used to secure the point to a spear handle
Blombos Cave
a site in South Africa where pieces of ochre with incised decoration were found in a Middle Stone Age level
Chauvet Cave
in France where the earliest known painted cave
Herto
a site in Ethiopia where the oldest known fossil of a modern human was discovered
Howiesons Poort
a Middle Stone Age industry found in southern Africa that is characterized by small crescent-shaped stone tools
Katanda
a Middle Stone Age site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where bone barbed points have been found
Klasies River Mouth
a Middle Stone Age site in South Africa that has remains of modern humans and evidence of hunting and the intensive use of fire
Middle Stone Age
- archaeological period of the earliest modern humans in Africa
Upper Paleolithic
earliest occupation of Europe by modern humans
Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition
- the archaeological period that saw the appearance of modern humans in Europe
- development of stone, bone tools and symbolic artifacts
Qafzeh Cave
sites in Israel where modern human skeletons were found in a Middle Paleolithic context
Skhul Cave
Middle Paleolithic sites in Israel where modern human skeletons have been found
Venus figurines
art objects that are found with the Gravettian industry and that depict the female body
