Archaeology
What do archaeologists study?
Items left behind by humans?
What does Paleolithic mean?
Old Stone
What does Neolithic mean?
New Stone
The basic needs of people.
Food and Water
An amount beyond what is needed or used, an excess.
Surplus
An item that is made by a human.
Artifact
A person who moves from place to place with no permanent home.
Nomad
The taming of animals and plants for human use, such as work or as food.
Domestication
The assignment of different jobs within a community to different people.
Division of Labor
To prepare and use land for crops.
Cultivation
An item from the past that is evidence of past plant or animal life.
Fossil
A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.
Hunter-Gatherers
Early humans ___________ to follow their food and water sources.
Migrated
Small groups of people living and working together.
Band/Clan
Movement of people from one place to another.
Migration
Archeologists use fossils to draw conclusions about early humans. They determine what early humans might have... (3 parts to the answer)
Looked like,
Walked Like,
Eaten
Time period that the Paleolithic people existed during.
Ice Age
Becoming an expert in a specific job.
Specialization
Overall weather in an area over a long period of time.
Climate
Anything man-made serving a purpose that makes our lives or our world easier or better.
Technology
Archeologists use artifacts to draw conclusions about early humans. What are 3 physical things that they look for when they study Early Humans?
Tools, Art, and Shelter
The period of time before written records.
Prehistory
3 natural resources on which people from the Neolithic Era relied.
What are:
-fertile soil for farming
-stones for tools
-water for crops
Raw materials supplied by nature, such as water, wind, wood, and crops.
Natural Resources
Domestication of plants and animals for human use.
Agriculture