Otzi the Iceman
The Stone Age
Neolithic Sites
Neolithic continued
Vocabulary Words
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Where was Otzi found?
In the Alpine mountains, near the Italian/Austria border.
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Why was this era called the Stone Age?
Humans used stone tools during this era.
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What is another name for the Neolithic age?
The New Stone Age.
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About when did humans begin to harvest crops?
About 10,000 years ago, or about 8000 B.C.E.
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The practice of changing the genetic makeup of plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.
What is domestication?
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How did Otzi die?
He was shot in the back and suffered a fatal blow to his head.
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250,000 years
How long, approximately, did the Stone Age last?
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What big shift in human lifestyles began to occur during the Neolithic Age?
Humans started to farm instead of forage.
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What common pet was domesticated during the Neolithic Age, and why?
The cat was domesticated as a vermin-catcher (around stored grain).
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Related to farming. The __________ Era began about 8000 B.C.E. and lasted until the Industrial Era, about 1750.
What is agrarian?
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What was Otzi's last meal?
Mountain goat (ibex) and grain (einkorn wheat).
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The Mesolithic
What is another name for 'Middle Stone Age?'
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In what historic area and modern-day countries did the Natufian people live?
The Fertile Crescent: modern-day Israel/Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, possibly Turkey.
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How were people's jobs/occupations different in an agricultural society than in a hunting/gathering society?
Because it saved time and energy, agriculture allowed for more job specialization.
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Translated as "big stones," these have been found at sites such as Stonehenge (Paleolithic) and Golbekli Tepe in Turkey (Neolithic).
What are megaliths?
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How does the weapon/tool that Otzi had on him change the archaeological record?
His copper axe reveals that people in that region developed metal smelting 1000 years before than was originally thought.
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With such few artifacts to work with, how do anthropologists know about Stone Age beliefs and social structure?
They study and interview modern-day foraging tribes.
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What physical evidence exists that the Natufians cultivated grain?
They had sickles (cultivating tools) with a sheen on them from the grain.
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What evidence has been found at Catal Huyuk that indicates that they were not strictly farmers?
In the houses, statues of game animals were found.
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The process of changing to fit new conditions or a new environment.
What is adaptation?
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He had traces of pollen that corresponded to plants of different altitudes.
What evidence in Otzi's intestine suggests that he was 'on the run?'
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What are archaeologists' theories about the mammoth remains in Chelsea, Michigan earlier this fall?
They think that people were storing the remains in a lake, using it as a cooler/fridge for later consumption.
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This site has ancient houses without streets, and entrances to houses on the roofs.
What is Catal Huyuk?
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How did the human perspective on nature change during the Neolithic Age?
Humans began to see themselves as controlling nature than as being a part of it.
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This occurred about 10,000 years ago and enabled the earth to get warmer, wetter, and allow more plant and animal life.
What is The Great Thaw?
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