Upper Palaeolithic

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archaeological period

The Upper Palaeolithic is the final phase of the Old Stone Age, marked by advanced stone tools, cave art, and the widespread presence of anatomically modern humans across Eurasia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Upper Paleolithic 8
European Upper Paleolithic 1
Upper Paleolithic era 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Late Stone Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Altamira cave paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chauvet cave paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dolní Věstonice site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Homo sapiens ⓘ
Kostenki sites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lascaux cave paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mezhirich mammoth bone dwellings NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy Venus figurines NERFINISHED ⓘ
advanced stone tool technologies ⓘ
antler tools ⓘ
artistic expression ⓘ
blade technology ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ
burial practices ⓘ
cave art ⓘ
complex hunting strategies ⓘ
ivory tools ⓘ
long-distance exchange networks ⓘ
microlithic tools ⓘ
musical instruments ⓘ
personal ornaments ⓘ
portable art ⓘ
seasonal mobility ⓘ
structured dwellings ⓘ
symbolic behavior ⓘ
use of fire ⓘ
chronologicalPosition final phase of the Old Stone Age ⓘ
final phase of the Palaeolithic ⓘ
endTime approximately 10,000 years ago ⓘ
followedBy Epipalaeolithic ⓘ
Mesolithic ⓘ
follows Middle Palaeolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Americas (late Upper Palaeolithic) ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eurasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalPhase Aurignacian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epigravettian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gravettian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magdalenian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solutrean NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabitedBy anatomically modern humans ⓘ
partOf Palaeolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Middle Palaeolithic ⓘ
startTime approximately 50,000 years ago ⓘ
toolIndustry backed bladelets ⓘ
blade-and-core technology ⓘ
burins ⓘ
endscrapers ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roche de Solutré → archaeologicalPeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Altamira Cave → artPeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Pech Merle cave system → artPeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Lascaux cave → culturalPeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Salon Noir → culturalPeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Gravettian → culturalSphere → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Upper Paleolithic
spotted horses panel → estimatedAge → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
subject surface form: Spotted Horses panel
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic era
Creswell Crags → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
Gravettian → partOf → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Magdalenian → partOf → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic
Niaux → timePeriod → Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
subject surface form: Grotte de Niaux
this entity surface form: Upper Paleolithic