ANTH 1210 - Chapter 13 questions n
answered graded A+
Holocene - correct answer ✔✔The geological epoch during which we now live.
The Holocene follows the Pleistocene epoch and began roughly 11,000-10,000 ya.
Beringia - correct answer ✔✔The dry-land connection between Asia and America
that existed periodically during the Pleistocene epoch.
Cordilleran - correct answer ✔✔Pleistocene ice sheet originating in mountains of
western North America
Laurentide - correct answer ✔✔Pleistocene ice sheet centered in the Hudson Bay
region and extending across much of eastern Canada and the northern United
States
Clovis - correct answer ✔✔North American Archaeological complex characterized
by distinctive fluted projectile points; dating roughly 13500-13000 ya; once widely
believed to be representative of specialized big game hunters, who may have been
driven many late Pleistocene species into extinction.
Yana RHS, Russia - correct answer ✔✔30000 ya. Earliest evidence of Late
Pleistocene hunters beyond the Arctic Circle in northern Siberia; stone tools and
horn and ivory spear foreshafts similar to that found much later on North
American Paleo-Indian sites.
, Berelekh, Russia - correct answer ✔✔14000-13000 Archaeological evidence of
Arctic human adaptations.
Bering Land Bridge - correct answer ✔✔75000-45000 ya and 25000-11000 ya.
Also called Beringia; a Pleistocene land bridge that formed between northeastern
Asia and northwestern North America during periods of maximum glaciation.
Coprolites - correct answer ✔✔Preserved fecal material, which can be studied for
what the contents reveal about diet and health.
Paleo-Indian - correct answer ✔✔Referring to early hunter-gatherers who
occupied the Americas from about 13500-10000 ya.
Optically Stimulated Luminescence - correct answer ✔✔A new (and still
developing) dating method that estimates the amount of time that has elapsed
since grains of quartz or feldspar were last exposed to daylight. Datable samples
can be as small as a single grain.
Fluted Point - correct answer ✔✔A biface or projectile point having had long, thin
flakes removed from each face to prepare the base for hafting, or attachment to a
shaft.
Pedra Furada, Brazil - correct answer ✔✔750000-740000 ya. One of several South
American sites for which great antiquity is claimed, but not yet convincingly
proved.
Debra L. Friedkin, Texas - correct answer ✔✔15500-13200 ya. A possible pre-
Clovis site in North America that may help to explain the origins of Clovis.
answered graded A+
Holocene - correct answer ✔✔The geological epoch during which we now live.
The Holocene follows the Pleistocene epoch and began roughly 11,000-10,000 ya.
Beringia - correct answer ✔✔The dry-land connection between Asia and America
that existed periodically during the Pleistocene epoch.
Cordilleran - correct answer ✔✔Pleistocene ice sheet originating in mountains of
western North America
Laurentide - correct answer ✔✔Pleistocene ice sheet centered in the Hudson Bay
region and extending across much of eastern Canada and the northern United
States
Clovis - correct answer ✔✔North American Archaeological complex characterized
by distinctive fluted projectile points; dating roughly 13500-13000 ya; once widely
believed to be representative of specialized big game hunters, who may have been
driven many late Pleistocene species into extinction.
Yana RHS, Russia - correct answer ✔✔30000 ya. Earliest evidence of Late
Pleistocene hunters beyond the Arctic Circle in northern Siberia; stone tools and
horn and ivory spear foreshafts similar to that found much later on North
American Paleo-Indian sites.
, Berelekh, Russia - correct answer ✔✔14000-13000 Archaeological evidence of
Arctic human adaptations.
Bering Land Bridge - correct answer ✔✔75000-45000 ya and 25000-11000 ya.
Also called Beringia; a Pleistocene land bridge that formed between northeastern
Asia and northwestern North America during periods of maximum glaciation.
Coprolites - correct answer ✔✔Preserved fecal material, which can be studied for
what the contents reveal about diet and health.
Paleo-Indian - correct answer ✔✔Referring to early hunter-gatherers who
occupied the Americas from about 13500-10000 ya.
Optically Stimulated Luminescence - correct answer ✔✔A new (and still
developing) dating method that estimates the amount of time that has elapsed
since grains of quartz or feldspar were last exposed to daylight. Datable samples
can be as small as a single grain.
Fluted Point - correct answer ✔✔A biface or projectile point having had long, thin
flakes removed from each face to prepare the base for hafting, or attachment to a
shaft.
Pedra Furada, Brazil - correct answer ✔✔750000-740000 ya. One of several South
American sites for which great antiquity is claimed, but not yet convincingly
proved.
Debra L. Friedkin, Texas - correct answer ✔✔15500-13200 ya. A possible pre-
Clovis site in North America that may help to explain the origins of Clovis.
