Lec 15

Question 1

What is dwellings?

Answer 1

structure or space used by prehistoric humans for various reasons.

postholes, hearths, middens

-organics decay, natural forces destroy, human construction

Question 2

DK Site?

Answer 2

• Tanzania
• Mary Leakey, interpreted rock formation as shelter
• used to be oldest site
• 1.8 mya, Habilis
• some suspect its natural processes that made this formation, with traces of stone tools

Question 3

Kalambo Falls?

Answer 3

1. Water-logged
2. earliest evidence of construction remains
3. 476kya, heidelbergensis
4. cut-marks on plants

Question 4

Terra Amata?

Answer 4

• Remains of a hut of central hearths
• date back 400kya
• heidelbergensis

Question 5

Bilzingsleben?

Answer 5

Stone slabs @ 350kya
heidelbergensis

Question 6

SPAIN, Abric Romani?

Answer 6

utilized caves + rock shelters
hearths present showcase shelters + use of fire for cooking, warmth, social gatherings, etc.
designated areas for certain activities
60-40kya, wooden artifacts found

Question 7

Molodova?

Answer 7

-mammoth bone houses, layer 4
-upper paleolithic
-15kya

Question 8

Mezhyrich?

Answer 8

-dwellings made from mammoth bones dating 15kya, limbs for falls and flats for roofs, and insulated with animal hide

Question 9

Ohalo II

Answer 9

~23kya
- well preserved hunter gatherer site
- made from tree branches, brushwood, hearths located out of structures

Question 10

Catal Hoyuk?

Answer 10

• 7500-5700BCE
  -mudbrick houses
  -access via rooftops
  -murals + reliefs = rich culture

Question 11

Banpo?

Answer 11

• neolithic
• 4k BCE

Question 12

Copper Age? (SE Spain)

Answer 12

• conflict/stratified structures
• 3200-2200 BCE
  -defensive walls
• technology innovation w/ production of tools

-Los milares: separation of dead from living things, burials only + items go next to body