Solutrean archaeological culture
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The Solutrean archaeological culture was an Upper Paleolithic society in western Europe, distinguished by its finely crafted, leaf-shaped stone points and advanced flint-knapping techniques.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solutrean | 2 |
| Solutrean culture | 1 |
| Solutrean culture remains | 1 |
| The Solutrean | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archaeological culture ⓘ |
| approximateEndDate | c. 17,000 BP ⓘ |
| approximateStartDate | c. 22,000 BP ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Altamira region sites
ⓘ
Cantabrian cave sites ⓘ Lascaux region sites ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pleistocene hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| associatedWithArt |
parietal art
ⓘ
portable art ⓘ |
| chronologicalPhase |
Early Solutrean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Solutrean NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Solutrean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climateContext | Last Glacial Maximum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContinuityWith | early Magdalenian (debated) ⓘ |
| economyType | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| follows | Gravettian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDebatedHypothesis | Solutrean hypothesis about peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| hasLithicTechnology |
backed bladelets
ⓘ
bifacial leaf points ⓘ shouldered points with tangs ⓘ |
| hypothesisStatus | rejected by most specialists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced flint-knapping techniques
ⓘ
bifacial points ⓘ finely crafted leaf-shaped stone points ⓘ laurel-leaf points ⓘ pressure flaking ⓘ shouldered points ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cantabrian region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ western Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | type-site region in southwestern France ⓘ |
| populationType | anatomically modern humans ⓘ |
| precedes | Magdalenian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rawMaterial |
chert
ⓘ
flint ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | southwestern Europe ⓘ |
| researchDiscipline | Paleolithic archaeology ⓘ |
| subsistence | big-game hunting ⓘ |
| technologicalInnovation |
heat treatment of stone (proposed at some sites)
ⓘ
refined bifacial thinning ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Upper Paleolithic ⓘ |
| toolType |
bone tools
ⓘ
burins ⓘ projectile points ⓘ scrapers ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Solutrean
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Solutrean culture
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Solutrean culture remains
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The Solutrean
subject surface form:
Spotted Horses panel
this entity surface form:
Solutrean