Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2001

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Schumann, Betsy A.

Abstract

The appearance of the Aurignacian industry exemplifies the significant transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic in Europe. The Aurignacian industry (associated with anatomically modern Homo sapiens) spread rapidly throughout Eastern, Central, and Western Europe and is very different from the preceding Middle Paleolithic industry (associated with Neanderthals). The Aurignacian is a standardized industry and presents an innovative tool kit, an advanced technology and a distinct record of non-utilitarian artifacts. There is much controversy surrounding the origin of the Aurignacian industry that may be explained by one of three modes of technological transmission: demic migration, technological diffusion or local innovation.

Extent

101 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT12762

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