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Details Title: 3 - Prehistory Description: Chapter 3 Terms Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 12/19/2006 17:34:45	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Paleolithic Age Definition Old Stone Age - 150,000 BC to 8,000 BC (3 - prehistory) Term Mesolithic Definition Middle Stone Age - 8000 BC to 6000 BC (3 - prehistory) Term Neolithic Definition New Stone Age - 6000 BC to 2000 BC / 1000 BC (3 - prehistory) Term "Lithic" Definition of stone (3 - prehistory) Term Menhirs Definition slightly shapen hewn upright stones, either individually or in clusters (3 - prehistory) Term Dolmens Definition "table" - post and lintel construction - series made tombs or passageways (3 - prehistory) Term Cromlechs Definition (First form of architecture) - menhirs in a circle or semicircle formation (3 - prehistory) Term tenon Definition peg sticking up from post, fit into a carving in the lintel (3 - prehistory) Term trilithon Definition one pair of posts, one lintel (3 - prehistory) Term Armature Definition skeletal inner structure (3 - prehistory) Term Chalcolithic Definition copper stone age (3 - prehistory) Term register Definition analogous to comic strip frames, dividers that separate sections of an image (3 - prehistory) Term convention Definition a rule or tradition (3 - prehistory)