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Archaeology
6th Grade
10/03/2014

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Archaeologist

 

 

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A person who studies hum history,particularly the culture of historic and prehistoric people,throigh discovery and explorations of artifacts.

 

A archaeologist picks up some bones in the dirt and explores it

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Artifact

 

 

 

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Something made by humans and often is a primitive tool,structure,or part of functional items.

 

A shard was found in 1978 that was used by earler people.

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Any of a family of two leffed primates including all forms of humans,extinct and living.

 

A human is part of hominin because they walk on 2 feet.

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Homo sapiens

 

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The primate species to which modern humans belong.

 

Homo sapiens are catagorys which humans belong in.

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innovation

 

 

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Definition

Invention or new idea

 

Over the years man/homo sapiens had alot of ideas/innovation

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Neolithic Revolution

 

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10,000-2,000 bce; the transformation of human societies from hunting and gahering to farming; also called agriculture revolution.

 

The neolithic revolution is what humans and living things came from.

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Nomadic

 

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A person or people who are part of a tribe or group that moves from place to place without permanent home.

 

Some people are nomadic like my cousin.

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Prehistoric

 

 

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Before humans began keeping written records

 

In the prehistoric age creatures roamed around in search of food and water.

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Primary source

 

 

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An artifact,a recording,a document or other source of information that was created at time you are researching;Examples include pictures,videos,letters,diaries,newspaper articles,etc

 

The primary resource for humans is coins and papers.

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Scarcity

 

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A state of something being in short supply

 

The computers are scarces so everyone will have topartner up

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Secondary source

 

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An artifact,documents,recording, or other source of information that was created later by someone who did not experience first-handor participate in the events or conditions you're researching.

 

Secondary sources are accounts created by people writing at some space or time.

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Stone age

 

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2 million BCE 10,000BCE period of human culture during which stones were used for tools such as hammers,axes,and cleavers

 

In the stone age they used stone materials

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