1 1)What cultural achievements characterized life in the Neolithic period? Cultural achievements that characterized life in the Neolithic period are the domestication of plants and animals‚ the rise of food production‚ having time apart from food production to socialize and create art‚ having different labors other than those related to food (priests‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans‚ etc.)‚ and lastly the creation of civilizations. 2) How did Mesopotamian civilization emerge‚ and what technologies promoted
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will be pottery and its evolution through time. The paper will be limited to Philippine pottery only. III. EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST POTTERY The emergence of pottery in the Philippines indicates the complexity of cultural development during the Neolithic Period. Like the rest of the early people in other parts of the world‚ the early man and woman in the Philippines were also highly dependent on nature. Nature provided them with the basic necessities needed for survival. In earlier times‚ vessels
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types of Minoan culture‚ and the different stages of Minoan civilization was found. Minoan pottery comes in many different forms and sizes along with patterns and style. It has been discovered that Minoan pottery making started in the Neolithic times. (Neolithic meaning the "New" stone age. It was the time close to the Bronze Age). Pots were created for many reasons. The main reason was to store many things such as food‚ clothing‚ etc. Food such as cereal crops were kept in pots‚ clearly to keep
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Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ____________ Crash Course World History: Mesopotamia #3 Key Concept 1.2. The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies I. Beginning about 10‚000 years ago‚ the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of new and more complex economic and social systems. A. Possibly as a response to climatic change‚ permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Agriculture
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In 1908‚ archaeologist Josef Szombathy’s workman Josef Veram uncovered the figure that has come to be known as the Venus of Willendorf. Found at a Paleolithic dig site in Willendorf‚ Austria‚ the Venus of Willendorf is a small limestone figure of a women. 53 years later‚ in Çatalhöyük‚ Turkey James Mellaart dug up the Seated Mother Goddess‚ or Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük. This figure was also clearly a women‚ but it was larger‚ and made out of clay as compared to the Venus of Willendorf. Though
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? 3. How do we organize time? 4. What is the difference between a primary source and secondary source? List examples! 5. What is an artifact versus a fossil? 6. Compare and contrast the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages. Paleolithic Age “_____ Stone Age” Neolithic Age “_____ Stone Age” Description of Tools How Humans Obtained Food (Men did what? Women did what?) Where/How Humans Lived Dates 7. Domestication (or to domesticate) means… 8. What
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It appeared that a productive well-built city had existed this meant that there had been people living a stable life in the Neolithic Period‚ 3000 years before pottery was invented‚ this new discovery totally denied the previously held ideas about the development of pottery . The stone querns used for storage of cereals pointed to the harvesting of crops‚ possibly wheat and barley
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and weapons from stone‚ bone‚ and wood‚ and were‚ therefore‚ able to move away from hunting-and-gathering practices to form larger groups. The beginnings of agriculture‚ about 10‚000 B.C.E.‚ were based on improved tools during the New Stone Age (Neolithic). The development of agriculture was a radical change in humans’ way of life. By providing a dependable source of food‚ people could stay in one place‚ develop toolmaking technologies using metals‚ and‚ by increasing agricultural output‚ free individuals
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Different Period and Their Works of Art Stone Age The stone age can be divided into two phases: Paleolithic (old stone age) and Neolithic (new stone age). During the Paleolithic‚ humans lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers. During the Neolithic‚ humans adopted and settled agricultural life. Neolithic Period or New Stone Age The term neolithic is used‚ especially in archaeology and anthropology‚ to designate a stage of cultural evolution or technological development characterized by the use
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References: 1. http://baike.baidu.com/view/13547.htm 2. http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/chinese-mythology.php?deity=NU-GUA 3. Department of Asian Art. "Neolithic Period in China". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cneo/hd_cneo.htm (October 2004) 4. China ’s ancient Zoological Museum Peking Man collection information #1
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