Stone Age Animals
Besides hunting animals, paleolithic people did this for food.
Gathering, Gathered berries & nuts.
Paleolithic and Neolithic tools are made mostly with this.
flint (stone)
One of the very first weapons, round and heavy, but it could not be thrown very far.
rocks
Paleolithic people created these to tell stories.
cave paintings
Most of the pictures drawn were of this.
hunting scenes or animals common to area.
This large animal is a relative of the modern day elephant.
mammoth or mastodon
Neolithic people made these to hold or store items.
pottery
These long stick weapons were used by paleolithic hunters.
spears
This gender was responsible for taking care of children.
women
This person was in charge of a village.
The chief, or leader
People in the Neolithic age began keeping animals as pets and on farms. This is called...
domestication
This stone age tool was used for chopping down small trees.
axe
This wood item helped stone age people get from place to place over water.
log boats
What paleolithic people were called because they always moved from place to place searching for food.
nomads, nomadic
This skill allowed stone age people to make cloth for clothing.
weaving
This animal was tamed by stone age man and helped him hunt animals.
dogs
This part of animals was used to make needles, hooks, and harpoons.
bones
This stone age weapon allowed hunters to kill fast moving animals.
bow and arrow
Stone Age people settled in these during the Neolithic Age.
permanent settlements (villages)
Stone age people crossed over this to spread from Africa and Asia into North America.
The land bridge
Stone age people used this to keep wild animals away at night.
fire
Stone age man did not make any tools out of this.
metal
These weapons were made by attaching bones carved to have barbs (teeth) onto spears.
harpoons
Stone age people began to do this, so they were able to stop being nomads.
farming
The reason why we have no written records of this period of history.
There was no writing invented yet.