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| − | By Alex Tinkham
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| − | Summary of the Gravettian Culture:
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| − | About 33,000 BP, the game hunters of the Don River area developed what is known as the Gravettian culture. These peoples are best known for their use of "humble materials" in tools and "brilliant new devices for survival" in the cold environment of the coming Ice Age.
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| − | '''Short Answer''':
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| − | They developed animal traps and fish traps, darts, ivory needles, nets and baskets.
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| − | '''Long Answer:'''
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| − | Animal Traps and Fish Traps:
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| − | These were used to provide meat for the culture, which was a necessity in a balanced diet. Animals caught included hares and foxes.
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| − | Possible Fish Trap:
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| − | http://arkarcheology.uark.edu/rockart/images/Fishtrap_drawing.jpg
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| − | Possible Animal Trap:
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| − | http://www.survivopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/trap-1-300x263.jpg
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| − | Darts:
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| − | Darts were used as a weapon to kill birds and small mammals, which helped provide meat, an extra food source for this near starvation culture.
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| − | http://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/macquest/desk/useatlatl.jpg
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| − | Ivory Needles:
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| − | Foxes and hares, caught by animal traps could be skinned for their fur, which could be sewn together to make clothes.
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| − | http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/9d/cb/9b/9dcb9b0bc8fdca12d39888c5c9b361ad.jpg
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| − | http://donsmaps.com/images2/dolnivestonicepainting.jpg
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| − | Nets and Baskets:
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| − | Baskets were essential to a semi-nomadic culture such as the Gravettians, moving around often and having to move all their belongings with them. Nets also provided the capability for fishing and an extra source of food.
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| − | http://www.australia.gov.au/sites/default/files/agencies/culture/library/images/site_images/djutarraseive2004bba_web.jpg
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| − | http://explorationsinantiquity.com/_artifacts/images/photos/ancient-net-sinkers-and-anchors.jpg
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| − | [http://arkarcheology.uark.edu/rockart/index.html?pageName=Fish-trap%20and%20Paddlefish] | + | |
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| − | [http://www.survivopedia.com/smalltraps/] | + | |
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| − | [http://associations.missouristate.edu/mas/macquest/desk/atlatlindex.htm]
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| − | [http://donsmaps.com/caselli.html]
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| − | [http://www.pinterest.com/pin/537406168009611268/]
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| − | [http://explorationsinantiquity.com/_artifacts/artifacts.htm]
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| − | [http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-indigenous-tools-and-technology]
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| − | CF Manual (46,47)
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