The Neolithic Period
When did the last glacial period end?
8,000 BC
What does sedentary mean?
They settles permanently into villages and small settlements
In the community, what were the military leaders known as?
Chieftains
What does the term 'trade' mean?
When surplus products were exchanged with neighbouring villages
Where did the Cardial culture emerge?
Levante
What did human beings learn to do in the Neolithic Period?
Cultivate the land (agriculture)
Domesticate animals (livestock)
What were their houses made of?
mud, wood, reeds and straw
Where were bodies buried when burials became more common?
Under houses and in necropolises (cemeteries)
What kind of objects were traded?
Minerals, tools, weapons, agricultural products, cloth, and luxury articles
Where did Pit Grave culture develop?
Cataluña
What did humans begin to observe in nature?
Wild seeds fell to the ground and grew into new plants
Why were the villages built on river banks?
Access to water for drinking, watering crops and fertile land for growing crops
What is ancestor worship?
When families remembered the dead and began to venerate them
What were some revolutionary innovations in the Bronze and Iron ages?
Cart with wheels, sail boats, potters wheel and plough
What were the most important constructions of the Talayotic Culture?
Taulas, Navetas, Talayots
What plants did they begin to sow?
Wheat and barley
While men were hunting, what were the women's roles?
Looked after crops and livestock
What did humans worship as gods at this time?
The sun, water and stars
What are sackings?
Violent attacks on neighbouring villages
What were the settlements called that the Celts built?
Castros
Why was learning to domesticate animals beneficial for humans?
Steady supply of meat, milk, leather and wool
What two tools were invented to make clothes?
Spindles and looms
What was mother goddess worshipped for?
To increase the fertility of the population and the land for better harvests
What happened to villages to guarantee their safety?
Their houses were built on high ground and protected by palisades (wooden stakes)
What advance marked the end of prehistory?
Writing