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Archaeology
6th Grade
11/05/2008

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culture
Definition
THE BEhaviors, belifs, customs, and additude of people.
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civiliation

Definition
a complex culture with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, and gov. social levels, art, architecuture, religion, and music, and laws.
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River Systems
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Early civilizations developed through ________

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artifacts
Definition
human made tools
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prehistory
Definition
history that took place before the development of writing
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oral tradition
Definition
stories, myths, legends, that are passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation
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archaeology
Definition
the study of artifacts, ruins, bones, and fossils remaining from the past
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excavation
Definition
the process of digging up remains of the past
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hunter-gatherers
Definition
hunting wild animals, gather wild plants
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development of tools, use of fire
Definition
key factors in the survival of early humans
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domestication
Definition
controlling the growth and behavior of plants and animals
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