15th millennium BC
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The 15th millennium BC spanned the years 15,000 BC to 14,001 BC. This millennium is during the Upper Paleolithic period. It is impossible to precisely date events that happened during this millennium, and all dates associated with this millennium are estimates mostly based on geological analysis, anthropological analysis, and radiometric dating.
Inventions, discoveries, and innovations
- United States: Probable presence of humans at the Cactus Hill site in Virginia, where stone artefacts and possibly hearths dating to before the Clovis culture have been found.[1]
- Middle East: Probable domestication of the dog.
- Italy: Development of Gravettian civilisations in Italy and Eastern Europe.
- Europe: Peak of rock art.
- France, Spain: Development of magdalenian civilisations (development of craftsmanship based on bone materials and the quality of furniture and wall art).[2]
- Japan: Pottery may have originated earlier, as Japan’s Jomon hunter-gatherers crafted the world’s oldest known ceramics around 14,500 BC.[3]
- Egypt and Mesopotamia: The widespread emergence of glass beads.[4]
Geography
- Alaska: Around 14,500 BC, rising ocean levels submerged land bridges, isolating Siberia and transforming Beringia into a region that would eventually be incorporated into present-day Alaska.[5]
References
- ^ Athena Review 2,3: Recent Finds in Archaeology: Pre-Clovis occupation on Virginia's Nottoway River
- ^ Burnham, Bradn (2003). Cave of Lascaux : the cave of prehistoric wall paintings. New York, N.Y. : PowerKids Press. ISBN 0823962571.
- ^ [1] Ideas : a history from fire to Freud - by Watson, Peter, 1943- ISBN 006621064X
- ^ Murray, Maureen (1995). All about beads : a guide to beads and bead jewellery making. London : B.T. Batsford. ISBN 9780713478631.
- ^ Watson, Peter (2012). The great divide : history and human nature in the old world and the new. London : Phoenix Books. ISBN 9780753828458.
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