Palaeolithic key points -In Prep.

1. Palaeolithic-key points Coincides with Ice Age Hunter gatherers Caves, isolated finds Little permanent settlement Stone technology-Increasing complexity Bow and arrow, bola, nets, domestication of dogs Artwork, cave art Evidence of Religion and ritual

2. Social Organisation Small scale bands Nomadic Egalitarian? Parallels with modern communities? Primitive communism -everything shared, everyone possesses similar skills Evidence of ritual Shamans and shamanistic practice

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaman

4. Intermediaries human world Spirit world