Neanderthal Cultural Behaviour

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  • Created on: 29-05-15 09:55
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Clues

  • 200-28kyrs. Europe, SW & C. Asia. Tool use, fire, shelter, clothing, hunting, symbolism (12)
  • Bordes- Tool variation= different tribes; Binford- Variation= material availability, resharpening & reduction (Frison effect) (6, 7, 6)
  • Highly variable. Spear points? Associated with AMH (7, 4, 5)
  • Only a few recovered. ~150kyrs @ Tabun. Mezmaiskaya Cave (Russia). Shanidar 4? (6)
  • Perforated bones @ La Quina (70-60kya). Cranial deformation? Shanidar (46kya) = beautification? (8, 10)
  • Shanidar, Amud, Tabun, Engis, Neandertal, Le Moustier, Chatelperron (11, 5)
  • U.P. earliest industry. "modern" elements- ornaments and bone tools. Stratigraphic radiocarbon dating= neanderthals responsible (Caron et al. 2011) (15)

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