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Old & New Stone Ages
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Migration | Moving at season change to where food and water are available. |
| Society | A group of humans put together by interest; relationship of common culture. |
| Hunter-gatherer | Gets food by collecting plants and hunting animals. |
| Nomadic | Moving from place to place; nomads- wanderers. |
| Tools | Spears, digging stichs, etc. used to plant and hunt. |
| Hominid | Early human and other human-like creatures. |
| Artifacts | Human-made objects such as tool, weapon, jewelry etc. |
| Clan | Group that shares common ancestors. |
| Paleolithic | Old stone Age from about 2.5 million BC to 8000 BC. |
| Neolithic | New stone age from about 8000 BC to 3000 BC. |
| Domesticate | To tame, such as farm animals. |
| Archaeologist | Scientist who studies past cultures by examining their remains such as graves, tools and other artifacts dug up from the ground. |
| Agricultural Revolution | Change or shift in lifestyle due to argriculture occuring during the Neolithic age also known as the Neolithic. Agricultural Revolution. |
| Bronze Age | Time near the end of the Neolithic Age when people started using bronze. |
| Fossil | Evidence of early life preserved in rocks. |
| Stonehenge | Group of standing stones in England thought to be a religious center or astronomical observatory; it is an example of an archaeological site begun during the Neolithic Era and completed during the Bronze Age. |
| Site | An archaeological dig. |
| Carbon dating | Test determining the age of an ancient object by finding how much carbon 14 is in it. |