Archaeology: study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings,
tools, or pottery
Domesticate: to tame
Harvest: to gather
Carbon dating: method used to figure out how old something was when they died.
Anthropology: the study of how people have developed and live in cultural groups.
diverse: different
Old Stone Age: a lot of progress or very little progress Circle One.
--Very little progress was made during the Old Stone Age
List the early plants that were grown in the New Stone Age
-Rice
-Wheat
-Barley
How did plant and animal domestication affect the Stone Age?
--helped tribes progress rapidly
-it allowed people to have food without always having to hunt for it.
Part 1
What was the tool used by early human species?
-Hand axe
What was the most powerful tool discovered by the earliest human species?
--Fire
What type of animal did the hunting tribe hunt?
--Irish Elk
What happens at the end of the first hunt?
--The fire goes out and the Elk charge the hunters
What was the challenge that the earliest human species faced?
--Keeping the fire going in wet climates.
How did they solve the problem?
--Pine Resin from tree bark. The torches would not go out with pine resin on them.
What made the second hunt successful?
--Fire did not go out.
Part 2
Describe what a Neanderthal looks like?
--Short and Stalky
How did they hunt?
--Surrounded the bison and lunged and jabbed at it with spears
What type of weapon did they use to hunt with?
--stone tipped spears
What kind of tools did they have in their ‘tool kit’?
--stone flakes: used to cut meat
--rounded edge scrappers: smooth the hide, scrap off meat
--sharp points: poke holes in the hide
Part 3
What caused the Neanderthals to leave their cave?
--It became too cold and the animals were leaving, trying to find food. Thus, the hunters
had to leave because they needed to find animals to hunt.
What happened while they were on their migration?
--they met the Cro-Magnum, which is the Homo Sapiens (Us).
Cave Painting
What were some things that cave painters painted?
--bull, cattle, deer, hunters, rhino’s, elk, bison, etc.