their region. PART A: SHORT ANSWER Document #1 Old Stone Age · 150‚000 to 10‚000 years ago · made weapons and tools of stone and wood · fished and hunted for food · sewed clothing of animal skins · lived in caves · used fire for warmth and cooking Middle Stone Age · 10‚000 to 8‚000 years ago · life much the same as Old Stone Age · certain animals were domesticated (dogs and goats) New Stone Age · 8‚000 to 6‚000 years ago · learned
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the Old Stone Age‚ which lasted until about 10‚000 years ago. 2. Neolithic: The period of time also known as the New Stone Age. It is associated with the origins of agriculture. 3. Foragers: Hunting and food-gathering people who ate wild vegetables‚ meat‚ wild edible plants‚ and insects to survive 4. Agricultural Revolutions: A series of separate transformations that occurred when agriculture arose independently in many different places around the world. 5. Megaliths: A complex of stone structures
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EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Time Periods Between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age there are two eras of people‚ the Paleolithic and the Neolithic eras‚ meaning old and new Stone Age. Artifacts present a variety of similar characteristics such as the use of domesticated animals‚ stone tools‚ ceremonial burial‚ science‚ art‚ and religion. The Paleolithic era is an era of people who were highly mobile. However as this time period ends the Neolithic age gradually replaces mobile groups with larger settlements
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different in many ways. The Paleolithic Era was also known as the Old Stone Age and the Neolithic was known as The New Stone Age. They both had many developments that helped them survive. Some ways that the two eras are similar‚ but also different‚ was in the use of fire. Fire was important in both eras. In the Old Stone Age‚ they used fire from nature. They would cook the meat with it. They would also do this in the New Stone Age‚ but they learned how to make fire on their own. Tools were important
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life-span only lasting up to age 30-34. Then there was the Stone age which was divided into two separate eras‚ the Paleolithic and the Neolithic era. It was named the Stone age because the hominids made the majority of their tools out of stone. During the Paleolithic era‚ they were able to control fire and use it to make tools. They also painted on cave walls and made jewelry. In the last stage of the Paleolithic era there’s evidence that populations were expanding from new technologies. Homo sapiens
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around 3‚200 BC. During the excavation period of 1967 to 1975‚ Professor Michael J. O’ Kelly recreated and reconstructed Newgrange to its former glory‚ based on his research. The outer stones on the face of Newgrange are quartz (Co. Wicklow) and granite (Co. Lowth). These stones were the same type as the original stones‚ although they were not the originals used in the initial foundation. 97 kerbstones surround the circular base of Newgrange. Many of these kerbstones are detailed and decorated with
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Palaeolithic meaning old stone‚ which is about (2.6 million years – 300‚000 years ago). Having a Lower‚ Middle and Upper stone age for Palaeolithic. In the Palaeolithic era climate was the pacemaker of change. As the world grew colder‚ the new climatic conditions restricted the habitat‚ certain species disappeared. Every time the climate changed the new conditions suited other animals. Each Ice Age last between fifty and a hundred thousand years as so mentioned in “The New Penguin History of the
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dramatically between the Paleolithic and Neolithic times. Paleolithic is the early phase of the Stone Age‚ lasting about 2.5 million years‚ when primitive stone implements were used. The Paleolithic Period was also called the Old Stone Age. Neolithic is the later part of the Stone Age‚ when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed. The Neolithic Period was also called the New Stone Age. The Neolithic Revolution was the world’s first traditionally‚ provable revolution in agriculture
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Movement of modern man – today we move around because of various social‚ economic&educational needs. Q3—How did Paleolithic age differ from Neolithic age? Ans-- |Paleolithic age |Neolithic age | |It is also known as ‘old stone age’ |It is also known as ‘new stone age’ | |Period – 2million to 12000 years ago |Period --10000 to 4000 years ago
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