Introduction You look at the tools we have today and you sometimes probably think to yourself, “How have we come to this today?” Well there are many periods when the tools we have used actually used to be made of sticks probably in the first finding of tools. But now, in 2014, we have future technology. But now, we are going to focus on one of the eras in cultures over 10,000 years ago, the Magdalenian.
When did the Magdalenians Live? According to the Authors of Anthro Polmar, an internet college on Anthropology, says that the Magdalenian Culture started 17,000 years ago and was over 11,000 years ago which means it lasted about 6,000 years. The Solutrean species was said to have been over 17,000 years ago,the same decade Magdalenian started. I do not know for sure the day the species was over and the day Magdalenian period started. So I am not very confident of delivering the information of if there were any other species that were mixed in with Magdalenian.
What were the people in the Magdalenian period called? According to my findings, using different sites about Magdalenian that is, because this is the Upper Paleolithic, the people whom lived in the Magdalenian period were called Magdalenians not Homo or Australopithecines.
Did the Magdalenians hunt? According to the authors of Merriam Webster, Magdalenians used the hunting skill to make their weapons. When Magdalenian was alive, wild bison,horse,deer etc. roamed in large herds. So the Magdalenian decided to make snares and traps from sticks and bone to make it easier for hunting. According to the authors Webster, the Magdalenian used rock and bone to make their weapons. The rocks that were used to make were preferred by the Magdalenian to be small triangular blades and very sharp, as with the bone were white and sometimes smooth. The rocks were used to sharpen the spears to kill animals and to make more of the same tool out of burin a type of chisel. And the bones or also antler handles were made to make wedges, hammers, adzes etc. Magdalenian would take two sharp rocks and strike one against the other making sure one of the rocks were just a little bit stronger than the other. Then, you would strike and strike until have a sharpened on one and you shall to make a blade. The bone and antler horn handle they should not have to make, they would find them from the animals they hunted.
Where did the Magdalenians live? Magdalenian lived in caves,shelters and used dead animal skin for tents. Magdalenian lived in a southwestern Europe in many places. Magdalenian found caves to live inside of and made fire to keep warm during cold weather. Magdalenian made shelter out of leaves and twigs and used dead animal skin to make tents or teepees. Magdalenian also made chlothing out of dead animal skin. According to the authors of Britannica.
How did the Magdalenian cook their food? Magdalenian cooked the meat in the fire that they made from firewood. Due to the fact that Magdalenian did not spend a lot of time hunting for food and using snares and traps.
What did the Magdalenian do in their leisure time? Magdalenian had more leisure time making art. Magdalenian used the blood of the animals the hunted to paint in art or they would engrave drawing onto a wall. This was found out when researchers looked in a site in France where there were black paintings on the walls in caves.