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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status: based off of one’s herd in pastoral society vi. No towns=continually searching for new grazing areas and water for herds B. Settling Down: The Neolithic Revolution (10000BCE-8000BCE) 4. What Came before? Paleolithic (“old”) Era (10000 BCE) g. Homo Sapiens Sapiens 5. Transition period‚ Neolithic (“New Stone”) Revolution/Agricultural Revolution: nomadic lifestyles-> sedentary (not migratory or nomadic) and agricultural lifestyles
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TOEFL TEST 1 INDEX I. WRITING .......................................................................................................... 2 II. SPEAKING ........................................................................................................ 5 III. READING ......................................................................................................8 DEER POPULATIONS OF THE PUGET SOUND ..............................................8 CAVE ART IN EUROPE
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Agriculture had many effects on the way of life of the Neolithic people. The Neolithic people produced their own food through farming and domestication. They farmed grain crops such as wheat‚ rye‚ and barley. They also domesticated their own animals. The first animals they domesticated were the wolf/dog‚ sheep‚ goat‚ pigs‚ and cows. They domesticated those animals because they were easily fed‚ they bred/grew fast and produced a lot‚ they recognized human dominance‚ and they had pleasant behavior
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Religious behaviors developed to what they are today beginning in the pre-historic times of the Paleolithic‚ Mesolithic‚ and the Neolithic. There is evidence of these behaviors in the archaeological artifacts as well as mythological evidence. Religious behaviors evolved as humans evolved. Religious beliefs changed too. In the Paleolithic we learn that people were very spiritual; everything was treated as a spiritual act. They approached everything ritualistically and their behaviors were in response
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farming or animal husbandry” NOT agricultural revolution yet…. They mostly gathered foods like berries‚ nuts‚ roots and gain and scavenged dead animals (kinda like vultures…)‚ and hunting live animals Paleolithic: stone‚ not metal tools—stone age Cultural and learned skills of the Paleolithic age- define history Out of Africa to the Ends of the Earth: First Migrations Human life started in Africa Culture: learned or invented ways of living‚ became more important than biology in shaping
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Trent Riddell Mr. Edwards AP World History 20 June 2013 Human Technological and Social Development The movement of the Human race throughout the globe in the Paleolithic Era was not a quick process. The tens of thousands of years these migrations took were only possible due to the growth and expansion of the human brain. The vast amount of land traveled‚ tested humans in many ways such as climate changes‚ new predators‚ new geography etc. This caused them to adapt‚ in ways such as technological
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During the Paleolithic‚ humans grouped together in small societies such as bands‚ and subsisted by gathering plants and hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools‚ although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for use as tools‚ including leather and vegetable fibers; however‚ due to their nature‚ these have not been preserved to any great degree. Surviving artifacts of the Paleolithic era are
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The Evolution of Homo sapiens Paleolithic Society The Neolithic Era and the Transition to Agriculture The Hominids Australopithecus: Developed in Africa 4 million to 1 million years ago Bipedal‚ able to plan journeys (about 10 miles long)‚ brain size 500 cc Part of brain used for speech underdeveloped Homo erectus: Lived 2 million to 200‚000 years ago (after Australopithecus) Brain size 1000 cc‚ wielded fire Communicated with sounds (no language yet)‚ journeyed outside east and south Africa
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pottery‚ and jewelry. From their studies‚ archaeologists attempt to reconstruct past ways of life. In this class we discussed and learned about the evolution of human being culture living in Greece and the surrounding Aegean Islands through the Paleolithic Age up until the Late Bronze Age. We got to see how archaeologists learn about the past through the study of material remains and how the different remains help us to understand the Greek civilization of the time period and how it has developed
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