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scientist who studies past cultures by anylizing human related things
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objects altered or made by humans
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human like creature that walked upright and used tools with hands
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artifacts that are deeper are older
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age of artifact
all living things absorb radio carbon
more carbon=younger
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thinking man
neanderthal
cromagnon
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moved constantly in search of food
dependent of enviornment and
hunter gatherers
made baskets
interdependent
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Stone: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolthic
Bronze
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aspects: geography, resources, society, politcs, belief systems, economy, interactions, achievemnts
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cave paintings
carved figures
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adaptated to enviornment
chipped stone tools
highly specialized tools and jobs
specialized jobs and labor
not nomadic
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middle east
non-nomads
storage containers
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domestication and pastorialism
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ppl. living together in complex societies w/food surplus and cities
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1. fend for themselves
2. cooperation and language and culture
religion, jobs, gov't- village,shelter,agriculture
3. civilization
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Olmec: maize, jems, fish, fruit, H20, coast of Mexico
Teothuacan: Obsidian
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Maya: fertile land for agriculture, sea etc, jungles for building, fruit and medecines
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social hieracrchy, hereditary chiefdoms, small villages, classes, not unified, shared culture not gov't
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