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Chapter 6
The Peopling of Australia and the New World
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Undergraduate 2
11/04/2007

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SAHUL
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landmass that connected Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea
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SUNDA
Definition
landmass connected much of Southeast Asia
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WALLACEA
Definition
string of islands that separated Sahul and Sunda
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WALLACE LINE
Definition
separates unique animals and plants of Australia and those of Southeast Asia
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FLORES
Definition
discovery of stone tools in Flores suggested Homo erectus was able to cross bodies of water
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MICROCEPHALY
Definition
neaurological disorder where head is smaller than average persons
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NAUWALABILA 1
Definition
earliest evidence of human occupation in Australia
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LAKE MUNGO
Definition
early human inhabitance of Australia
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JUNMIUM CAVE
Definition
showed evidence of being 116,000 ya but controversial
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AUSTRALIA MEGAFAUNA
Definition
became extinct 50-40,000 ya
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PROCOPTODON
Definition
rhinoceros sized kangaroos
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CUDDIE SPRINGS
Definition
evidence of coexistence of humans and megafauna
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GUNBILNGMURRUNG
Definition
beeswax figure of turtle on rock-shelter wall
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ARNHEM LAND
Definition
wasp nest overlying painting of human figure on rock
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UBIRR
Definition
rock art that showed equip. hunter-gatherers used
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CLOVIS CULTURE
Definition
earliest inhabitance of Americas
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PRE-CLOVIS
Definition
human occupation that predates Clovis theory
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BERINGIA
Definition
land bridge that connected Asia and N. America
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ICE-FREE CORRIDOR
Definition
potential migration route between ice sheets
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CLOVIS POINT
Definition
stone tools with fluted points
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MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER
Definition
pre-clovis model in Pennsylvania
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MONTE VERDE
Definition
in Chile
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PEDRA PINTADA
Definition
Brazel, hunted sea birds and fished
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QUEBRADA TACAHUAY
Definition
Peru site between 12,700-12,500 ya
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OLD CROW BASIN  
Definition
early arrival in Canada (not accepted)
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PEDRA FURADA
Definition
early arrival model in Brazil (highly controversial)
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SOLUTREAN HYPOTHESIS
Definition
argues origin of Clovis culture lies in Solutrean
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STANFORD AND BRADLEY
Definition
proposed the Solutrean hypothesis
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KENNEWICK MAN
Definition
male skeleton with flint arrow embedded in pelvis
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NAGPRA
Definition
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act controls the remains of ancient Native Americans
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OVERHUNTING
Definition
megafauna extinct doubtfully b/c of overhunting
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OLSEN-CHUBBOCK SITE
Definition
massive bison kill in Colorado
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