West Eurasian Upper Paleolithic

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_Eurasian_Upper_Paleolithic
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Gravettian_culture
gptkb:Magdalenian_culture
gptkb:Aurignacian_culture
gptkb:Solutrean_culture
Anatomically modern humans
gptkbp:burialPractice grave goods
ochre use in burials
gptkbp:characterizedBy burials
cave art
personal ornaments
blade technology
gptkbp:climate gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:admixture_with_Neanderthals
ancestral to modern Europeans
gptkbp:endDate c. 10,000 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mesolithic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Eurasian Upper Paleolithic
gptkbp:instrument bone flutes
gptkbp:material gptkb:bone
flint
antler
gptkbp:notableInvention musical instruments
tailored clothing
complex hunting weapons
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Venus_figurines
projectile points
harpoons
bone needles
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Dolní_Věstonice
gptkb:Kostenki
gptkb:Sunghir
gptkb:Grotte_Chauvet
gptkb:Lascaux
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
gptkbp:population hunter-gatherers
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Middle_Paleolithic
gptkbp:region gptkb:West_Eurasia
gptkbp:startDate c. 45,000 years ago
gptkbp:style parietal art
portable art
gptkbp:subsistence big-game hunting
gathering wild plants
gptkbp:symbolicBehavior artistic expression
body ornamentation
personal adornments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gravettian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6