Unit 11 : Early Holocene Hunters and Gatherers quiz Flashcards
Which of the following best describes the changes in subsistence practices of groups during the early and middle Holocene?
A) initial systematic exploitation of fish and fowl resources
B) primarily associated with hunting megafauna
C) intensive hunting, fishing, and gathering
D) a decreased emphasis on the importance of plant foods in the diet
E) a switch away from marine resources as sea levels rise
- C ) intensive hunting, fishing, and gathering
A pattern of seasonal settlement movements from one resource zone to another is ____________
- Transhumance
The increase in human dental caries hypoplasias, periodontal disease and overall reduction in tooth size in Natufian skeletons can be attributed to
- Predominance of starchy cereal grains in the diet
The earliest Americans are known to have arrived in the Americas no later than:
- 13,000 years ago
The earliest skeletons from the New World show greater biological diversity than do modern Native Americans. True / False
- True
Hunter-gatherers in Western North America, particularly the Great Basin, tended to focus on what environmental feature in addition to upland resources?
- Marshes
Evidence from the Upper Paleolithic in Northeast Asia shows that there is no evidence for occupation prior to the initial occupation of the New World. True / False
- False
Sites like Ohalo II demonstrate that some food-collecting communities experienced economic changes as long ago as the Last Glacial Maximum, which led to the use of wide range of _______ and _______ as food
- Wild plants and animals
The technology and subsistence patterns of the earliest Americans were most similar to which European period?
- The upper palaeolithic
The Folsom and Plano cultures are primarily associated with hunting what type of animal?
- Bison
