Mesolithic & Early Neolithic

Question 1

Azilian and Tardenosian

Answer 1

Azilian culture after Magdalenian (12.5-10kya)
Antler harpoons, scrapers, microliths, and the beginnings of projectile points
Small game and fish, megafauna are almost gone from Iberia
Tardenosian followed (10kya-8kya)
Increase in complexity of stone points
Extended into northern Italy and eastern Europe

Question 2

Backed Blade

Answer 2

Found in oranian, capsian, china, and india

Question 3

Burin

Answer 3

Found in Capsian and India

Question 4

Celts

Answer 4

Found in early neolithic china

Question 5

Corded ware pottery

Answer 5

pottery
Found in Jomon (Japan)

Question 6

Doggerland

Answer 6

landmass connecting Great Britain to mainland Europe, drowned by the southern North Sea following the last ice age

Question 7

Foraging

Answer 7

Found in Mesolithic and Korea

Question 8

groundstone tools

Answer 8

Used for grinding other materials

Question 9

Jeulmon

Answer 9

Korea
12kya - 3.5kya
Very similar to Jomon period, may even have been in contact
Cored-ware pottery
Sunken pit housing
Deep-sea fishing, foraging, and beginnings of small-scale cultivation (horticulture)

Question 10

Jōmon

Answer 10

12kya - 2.5kya
Corded ware pottery
Sunken pit dwellings near rivers or along coasts
Horticulture may have been practiced by the end of the period
Stone and bone tools, woven baskets, harpoons, wooden bowls, and bone needles

Question 11

Megalithic

Answer 11

Large stone structures

Question 12

Mesolithic

Answer 12

Characterized by continued foraging but increased complexity in tool technology
Nomadic groups with seasonal living locations
Some groups begin the use of pottery well before the expected sedentism of the neolithic

Question 13

Neolithic

Answer 13

New Stone Age
Beginnings of agriculture, urbanization, and pottery in many regions
10kya - 4kya B.P.
May differ in various regions of the world.

Question 14

Non-geometric Microliths

Answer 14

Found in Capsian

Question 15

Oranian and Capsian

Answer 15

(North Africa)
Oranian: ~16kya
Close resemblance to the Magdalenian
Originally thought to have had contact
Likely derived from Halfan (Nile Valley)
Backed blades and no burins
Capsian: 8kya - 3kya
Non-geometric microliths
Large backed blades
Burins
Related to Kenyan Capsian

Question 16

Paleoindian

Answer 16

Period in the Americas
12kya-10kya
Stone points are elaborately made
Microliths and ground stone tools are prominent
Temporary shelters and megafauna hunting
Mostly living along rivers or in the grasslands
South America had petroglyphs and bi-facial points
By the end of this period
Megafauna are extinct
Foragers focus on resources in smaller territory

Question 17

Paleolithic

Answer 17

Early stone tools

Question 18

Temper

Answer 18

not just clay