The Aurignacian toolkit spread from Spain to Russia. They crafted split-based bone projectile points from prepared cores, and stone blades using standardized core preparation techniques. Remarkable Ice Age ingenuity!
Aurignacian Culture: 43,000-20,000 Year Old Toolkit and Art
Key facts
- Aurignacian culture existed from 43,000 to 20,000 years ago
- Geographic spread from Spain to Italy to France to Germany to Russia
- Toolkit consisted of projectile points made of bone or antler with notched bottoms
- Stone blades made from prepared cores rather than flakes
- They created significant artwork and symbolic carvings
- Notched projectile points were used to save spear or arrow shafts
- Different regions showed different artistic emphases: painting, carvings, or utilitarian items
Sources
(PDF) Spanish Aurignacian Projectile Points: An Example of the First ...academia.edu
The study integrates data from Spanish sites with European contexts to contextualize Aurignacian technology and culture. The text aims to analyze the ...
The Aurignacians | The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cavearcheologie.culture.gouv.fr
The Aurignacian is represented in material terms by the production of tools developed from blades and points, with highly specific bone tool techniques ...
Aurignacian - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
Their flint tools include fine blades and bladelets struck from prepared cores rather than using crude flakes. The people of this culture also produced ...
Aurignacian, The First Modern Humans - Lithic Casting Lablithiccastinglab.com
Artifacts found on the Tolbaga site include projectile points made of bone and a variety of macro-blade edge-trimmed flake tools. This site also contains the ...
Aurignacian culture | Prehistoric Technology, Art & Tools - Britannicabritannica.com
Blades and burins were made by the punch technique and came in several sizes. Bones and antlers were made into points and awls by splitting ...
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