Civilizations DIRECTIONS: Read Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early River Valley Civilizations DIRECTIONS: Define the following vocabulary terms. Paleolithic Age: The Old Stone Age ending in 12‚000 b.c.e.; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence. Neolithic Age: The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 b.c.e.; period in which adaption of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished. Neolithic Revolution: The succession
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Middle Palaeolithic Stone Tools Stone tools made by Neanderthals during the Middle Palaeolithic were manufactured using prepared core technology‚ a technique in which whoever made the tools carefully shaped the core to control the form of the flakes produced. François Bordes Divided the stratigraphic sequence into dozens of well defined layers Created a typology of tools and counted how many of each were found at eac particular level‚ thus being able to quantify the totality of the tools
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End of last ice age 14‚000 BCE First potter’s wheel 6‚000 BCE Agricultural development reaches West Africa 10‚000-5‚000 BCE Era of Neolithic Revolution 7‚000 BCE Transition to use of bronze 4‚000 BCE Rise of Catal Huyuk 2‚000 BCE Hunting and gathering – Means of obtaining subsistence by human species prior to the adaptation of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of band social organization. Neolithic Age – The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 BCE; period in which adaptation
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Paleolithic Art Paleolithic art‚ dating back to the late Paleolithic period 40‚000-10‚000 B.C. (the Stone Age)‚ is one of the most beautiful‚ natural periods of cave art and clay sculptures. Created by Nomadic hunters and gatherers with ivory‚ wood‚ and bone‚ these figures were thought to be symbolic and have some magical or ritual relevance. Figures and drawings have been found in all parts of the world dating back to the Cro-Magnon man as late as 60‚000 years ago. There are two different
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and hunting them for food. In other words‚ their days as nomads were not necessary anymore. This era also called for more modern tools‚ these tools help make agriculture easier such as the stone axe. They also developed the technique of sculpturing with clay and stone which was better than sculpturing with stone or reindeer horns like the Paleolithic people did. On the other hand‚ when taking a closer look at the disadvantages it was not all so great. As people where entering the Neolithic Era they
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Age The Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age evolved greatly over time. Many changes and continuities occurred between the two eras. From the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age‚ the way of food changed from hunting and gathering to agriculture means ways while the use of stone tools for hunting remained the same. During the Paleolithic Age‚ the primary food source was that of which the paleolithic people caught. To capture and eat their food‚ the humans used a technique
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Neolithic period Neolithic Period or The Early Stone Age‚ was the stage of cultural evolution and the development of new technology‚ like the use of stone tools for hunting‚ cooking‚ and making clothes. In this period the people made small groups to travel in because it was easier to travel and they had more food to share. Over the years the brain capacity grew which lead to new thoughts‚ ideas and technology. They become a lot more skilled with hunting‚ farming‚ and building. They also started
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clear a field Domestication: Taming of animals I – Early Advances in Technology & Art a) Tools Needed to Survive People of OSA were nomads; Cro-Magnons were hunter gatherers Technological revolution: Stone‚ bone‚ & wood used to create tools b) Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Age Tools explain how survival needs are met Best known cave paintings were in France & Spain; paint = mud‚ charcoal & animal blood Africa: engraved pictures on rocks & Australia: Paintings on rocks II – The
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Upper Paleolithic time in human history is the final segment of the stone-age following the Lower and Middle Paleolithic times. During this time‚ homo sapien sapiens appear to have made tremendous strides like no time before it. Archaeologists have found ancient bones and artifacts all around the world which help them to paint a picture of ancient humans at different time periods. Using radiocarbon dating they can find out how old these bones and artifacts are (Price and Feinman‚ 2013‚ pg 137). This
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ice glaciers melted and agriculture began‚ bringing in the Mesolithic era‚ which lasted between 12 thousand B.C to 8 thousand B.C. Even though the Palaeolithic had the longer era and discovered and created stone tools‚ Mesolithic people had more advanced tools than the previous stone age. Using materials such as: deer antler‚ animals bones and little pieces of flint‚ known as microliths. Evidence shows that the antlers of the deer were used for tools that possibly have been used for digging. Animal
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