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Essay Questions
Chapter 10: Homo sapiens and the Upper Paleolithic
- How did the improved tools of the Upper Paleolithic peoples affect
their lives? How did they prepare them to move into the environments
we now occupy? How has Chen Shen’s usewear analysis technique
broadened our understanding of how these tools were used?
- Compare the Canadian evidence for Paleoindian sites. What evidence
supports the theories that people arrived in the Americas 20,000-or-so
years ago? What evidence rejects this theory?
- Why do you suppose that artistic expression began to flourish with
the Upper Paleolithic peoples?
- What are some of the purposes for their art? How does this compare
to our purposes or uses for our art?
- Why would regionalism become more marked as populations grow and spread?
Use two Canadian sites such as the Kilgii Gwaay site in British Columbia
and the Debert Site in Nova Scotia as examples.
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