16th millennium BC
Appearance
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The Stone Age |
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↑ before Homo (Pliocene) |
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↓ Chalcolithic |
The 16th millennium BC spanned the years 16,000 BC to 15,001 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, innovations[edit]
- Europe - Magdalenian Stone carving technique in Western Europe - (until ca. 10,000 BC, later followed by the Azilians) - Characterised by the carving of blades and, in the intermediate stages, of small artefacts ("microliths"). Ivory and bone work with elaborate decorations is widespread and necklaces are made from carnivore teeth. This period also saw the flourishing of cave painting.
Geology[edit]
- The Fourneau du Diable is created.
Climate[edit]
- The penultimate advance of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet (Pomeranian phase) ends around 15000 BC.