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| + | The Aurignacians were mainly known for their cave art. They were the source of the earliest cave art.Cave art was produced almost exclusively in western Europe, where, by the end of the Aurignacian Period, hundreds of paintings, engravings, and reliefs had been executed on the walls, the ceilings, and sometimes the floors of limestone caves. | ||
| + | They also made pendants, beads, necklaces, and figurines. the figurines were mostly of women or animals. The female statuettes had distinctive characteristics such as: exaggerated hips and breast and they had no head. | ||
| + | The Aurignacians were also the first to invent musical instruments. | ||
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The Aurignacians lived during the Upper Paleolithic era around 45000-32000 Y.A.. They resided mostly in Europe. They Aurignacians were nomadic hunters that lived on the glacier border lands (In class video). "Aurignacian culture, toolmaking industry and artistic tradition of Upper Paleolithic Europe that followed the Mousterian industry, was contemporary with the Perigordian, and was succeeded by the Solutrean. The Aurignacian culture was marked by a great diversification and specialization of tools, including the invention of the burin, or engraving tool, that made much of the art possible. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/43368/Aurignacian-culture#md-media-strip-tab-image-content
Tools
The Aurignacians were very intelligent tool makers considering their time period.They made many types of tools such as: burins, scrapers, engraving tools, bladeds, points, spears, and knifes. They were the first to make serrated (with jagged edges) tools and tools made of bone, antler, or ivory. Aurignacians also made tools by striking pieces off raw flint cores, a technique that can be duplicated by refitting, in effect running the process backwards.
Art
The Aurignacians were mainly known for their cave art. They were the source of the earliest cave art.Cave art was produced almost exclusively in western Europe, where, by the end of the Aurignacian Period, hundreds of paintings, engravings, and reliefs had been executed on the walls, the ceilings, and sometimes the floors of limestone caves. They also made pendants, beads, necklaces, and figurines. the figurines were mostly of women or animals. The female statuettes had distinctive characteristics such as: exaggerated hips and breast and they had no head. The Aurignacians were also the first to invent musical instruments.
