Transcript Pre-History

Pre-History
“Before time was time”
Archaeology
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Archaeology: study of past through artifacts
artifacts: tools, pottery, paintings – left behind by
humans
 fossils: remains/bones of humans or animals
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Dating Methods
radiocarbon
dating
Thermoluminescence
dating
Early Humans
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Homo erectus – “upright man” (Lucy)
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Homo sapiens – “wise human being”
Ice Age (100,000 – 30,000 BC)
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Neanderthals (located in Germany): buried their dead/
stone tools
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Cro-Magnon man
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Homo sapiens sapiens – “wise, wise human being”
Paleolithic Age: Old Stone Age (2.5
million – 10,000 BC)
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Nomads: Men hunt/women gathered
Shelter: caves & wood huts
Cave paintings
Neolithic Age: New Stone Age (8,000
– 4,000 BC)
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Agriculture: grew wheat & barley
Domestication: ability to train animals for
human use – pigs, cows, goats, sheep
Communities: extended families – Catal Huyuk
(Turkey) & Jericho (Palestine)
Bronze Age: (copper & tin)
Civilization: 6 Characteristics
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cities
government (rulers – monarchs)
religion (polytheistic)
social structure (division of labor)
writing (keep accurate records)
Art
Irrigation
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food production increases