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Primal and Archaic
Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nomadic | Always moving |
| Hunter-gatherers | Men hunt go where the food is, Women gather due to being children care takers |
| Tribal groups | Their are families, all related |
| Small-scale communities | No building or making of cities |
| Egalitarian society | Everyone is equal in importance |
| Collective identity | they all survive or dye together, no individual identity |
| Oral culture | before letters or writing, not recording history |
| Animism / ancestrism | all things have a life force, the whole world is alive |
| AMH | anatomically a modern humans |
| Nature-based worship | No buildings, worship in mountains, trees, sacred valleys |
| Shamans | Medicine man, moves in between human and spirit realm |
| Totemic bond with animals | Sacred "taboo" once a year spiritual, cant be used for normal services |
| Oral myths | stories were told, no writing |
| AD | After birth |
| BCE | Before common era |
| CE | common era |
| BP | Before present |
| Century | 100 years |
| Millennium or K | 1000 years |
| Primal | first in importance or order |
| Archaic | its old but not as old as fist "primal", sacrifices begin here |
| Sedentary agriculturalists | Stay in one place |
| c. | Cerca "about" close to |