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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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| American Social structures |
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| social hieracrchy, hereditary chiefdoms, small villages, classes, not unified, shared culture not gov't |
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