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Assessment Questions 7.12
1. What is the significance of Chiquihuite Cave, and what stone tools were associated with it?
Chiquihuite Cave, located in north-central Mexico, is significant for housing over 1,900 stone tools, including cutting and scraping tools, with some possible spear points.
2. According to William Powers and John Hoffecker, what tradition of tool production was widespread at the end of the Pleistocene in northeast Asia and northwest North America?
William Powers and John Hoffecker noted a widespread tradition of producing small blades from wedge-shaped cores in northeast Asia and northwest North America at the end of the Pleistocene.
3. What is the Denali Complex, and where are sites exhibiting tools of this complex located?
The Denali Complex is a lithic technology seen in the Arctic, consisting of wedge-shaped cores, microblades, bifacial knives, and burins, dating to about 10,000 years ago. Sites exhibiting tools of the Denali Complex include locations in the Nenana Valley, central Alaska, and even sites like Onion Portage in western Alaska.