prehistory- period before writing was invented. define pre-history
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Those who excavate or dig in areas where people live, finding artifacts and analyze them coming up with some conclusion about those people and how they lived.TRANSCRIPT
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Discovering Pre-history
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Prehistory- period before writing
was invented.
DefinePre-History
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Those who excavate or dig in areas where people live, finding artifacts and analyze them coming up with some conclusion about those people and how they lived.
Archaeologist
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Paleolithic age-
Old Stone Age
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Facts about the Paleolithic age-• Artifacts have been found in East
Africa, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East and America.
• They lived by fishing, hunting and gathering wild plants.
• They moved in search
of food- **Nomads** they had no permanent shelters..
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The Ice Age
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• Four ice ages during this period. • Sheets of ice called glaciers covered much
of Northern America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
• At the end of the ice age, dramatic local climates changed around the world. What was once a lush green vegetation was now a desert. Plants were reorganized, animals were reorganized and people moved to adapt to the climate.
Facts about Ice Age
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How did anything survive?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Mgd3-3W3s&feature=related
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National Geographic - Beginning Of An
Ice Age http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_D2XE_Plx
s
How did it end?
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Neolithic
New stone age
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• People now began to farm and not hunt and gather food so much.
• Domesticated animals (tamed animals) Dogs, sheep, goats.
• Women farmed, men hunted. • Agriculture developed. (Anthropologist
believe it began in the Middle East and Africa.)
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In this area they grew: Wheat, Barley and oats.
In Asia they grew: Rice and root crops (yams).
Africa
Asia
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• Small Villages began, property was now important.
• Technology began with the development of farms.
• New farming tools and skills were established.
• Weaving was invented for making cloth.
Life in the Neolithichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4F8XH2BeHE&feature=related
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• The wheel replaced the wooden sled which made transportation easier.
• Animals were used in farming.
• Copper was the first metal used for weapons and tools.
• Later a harder metal, Bronze was used. Combing Tin and
Copper to make bronze.
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• As villages were established, Religion was too.
(Had to have an explanation for natural happenings. ) • Early man believed in
Polytheism.
Religion
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Many cave paintings are believed to not be just designs or decoration but
a religious ritual to insure a good hunt
See page 11 in your textbookThis painting is believed to be 15,000
years old. Subtle shading and earth tone.
Tree ofLife
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Neolithic part Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEm6LWh8D_s&feature=related
Neolithic part IIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1xk81bwIGQ&feature=related
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What does this picture tell you? Write a story about this picture.