Transcript Paleolithic Age vs. Neolithic Age

ASSESSMENT TEST
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PALEOLITHIC
AGE VS.
NEOLITHIC
AGE
NOMADS TURNED FARMERS
PALEOLITHIC AGE
Old Stone Age
• 2 million BC to 10,000 BC
People were nomadic
Lived in clans of 20-30 people
Men hunted/fished, women gathered wild
fruits/nuts/roots
People depended entirely on their
environment for their survival –especially
the climate
Paleolithic Age…
Made simple tools and weapons out of the
materials at hand
• Stone, bone, wood
Developed a spoken (oral) language
Invented clothing (wrapped animal skins
around their bodies) to protect themselves
from the environment
Lived in caves & built fires
PALEOLITHIC AGE & FIRE
Gave warmth
Kept animals away from campsites
Used to flush out animals to make them easier to
hunt
Used as a cooking source thus increasing nutrition
Discovery of fire occurred independently and at
different time throughout the world
friction
two rocks
PALEOLITHIC AGE &
CAVE ART
Found all over Europe, Asia, Australia & Africa
Painted deer, horses, buffalo, bulls, cows, &
stick-figure people
Lie deep in the caves
Main colors were red & black, with a little
yellow, maroon & violet.
• Paint was made out of materials ground into animal fats.
The following pictures are from a Cave in
Lascaux, France:
BISON
STAG & REINDEER
GREAT HALL OF BULLS
BULL, RED & BROWN
HORSES
RED BULL
SWIMMING STAGS
TWO BULLS
HORSE
GROUP OF
BULL,
HORSES,
STAGS
FIVE HORSES & A COW
Cave Art…
Recap:
1) What type of materials did early man use
to paint on the walls of caves?
2) What colors were used the most in their
cave art?
3) In what part of the world is most cave art
found?
Cave Art…
Explore & Analyze:
4) Which was your favorite painting? Why?
5) How realistic or abstract are the paintings of
early man? What could this tell us about them?
Why do you think early man chose the subjects (i.e.
the objects of the paintings) they did for their
painting/drawings?
RELIGION IN THE
PALEOLITHIC AGE
Cave Art
• Was it religious?
Small stone statues of pregnant women
• Mother Earth figure, Fertility, Survival?
Burying dead
Animism
• Belief that the world was full of spirits and
forces that might reside in animals, objects
or dreams
MESOLITHIC AGE
Middle Stone Age
• 10,000 to 7,000 BC
Groups of people started to settle & stay in
one place, but not permanently
NEOLITHIC AGE
New Stone Age
• Started about 7,000 BC
Learned how to farm, which allowed them to stay
in one place
• Slash & Burn agriculture
Built permanent villages
Developed advanced tools
Domesticated plants & animals
Pottery & Weaving Skills
NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
& PERMANENT VILLAGES
Appeared in Europe, India, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica
Oldest and largest were located in Southwest Asia
Catalhuyuk in modern Turkey had an estimated 6,000
inhabitants
Food grown outside city walls included fruits, nuts and wheat
Signs of domesticated animals for milk, meat and hide are
apparent as well as additional hunting
Evidence of specialized labor (artisans), trade, and religion
(temples) have also been found
Neolithic Age…
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution (the change from
hunting and gathering to farming)
Led to a growth in population
• Which led to the decline in women’s status, as
men controlled family, economic & political life
Led to trade & accumulation of wealth
Led to the development of new technology
• Calendars, plow, arrowhead, ax heads
CIVILIZATION
CHARACTERISTICS
Cities
developed in river valleys near water sources
Government
first led by monarchs who controlled the people, armies and
made laws
Religion
multiple gods and goddess
Social Structure
upper class were rulers and priests, followed by artisans and
military, and farmers were the bottom
Writing
keep records as well as creative expression
STONEHENGE
An
archeolog
ical
An
Archeological
site in England
built during
the Neolithic
Age
(finished in
the Bronze
Age)
ALEPPO & JERICHO
Aleppo and
Jericho are
examples of
early cities in
the Fertile
Crescent
studied by
Archaeologists.
CATALHOYUK
Catalhoyuk is an
example of a
Neolithic
settlement
currently under
excavation in
Anatolia (Turkey).
PALEOLITHIC VS.
NEOLITHIC
Food: Hunting and
gathering
Food: Farming,
domesticated animals
Dwellings: Caves,
nomadic people
Dwellings: Permanent
villages, stone houses
Technology: Digging
sticks, spears, axes, &
spoken language
Technology: Stone tools,
polished ax heads,
arrowheads, weaving
cloth, calendar, wheel
Religion & Art: Cave
paintings, religious
statues, belief in
afterlife
Religion & Art: Jewelry,
buried dead in earthen
tombs
Led to Bronze & Iron Age