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Neolithic Revolution
Unit 1 Neolithic Revolution terms and definitions
Term | Definition |
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Archaeologist | A scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts. |
Artifact | A simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work (representing a culture or a stage of a culture.) |
B.C.E. | Before the Common Era (before the birth of Christ) |
Catalhoyuk | Neolithic site in present day Turkey |
fossil | remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint |
C.E. | Common Era; the global standard used to count years based on the birth of Christ |
Migration | movement from one country, place, or locality to another |
Neolithic | later part of the Stone Age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements |
Neolithic revolution | a fundamental change in the way people lived from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements |
nomadic | having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and gazing land |
obsidian | a dark natural glass that forms when lava from a volcano cools (used to make arrowheads) |
Paleolithic | early part of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used |
Sedentary | staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places |
Tribal | a group of people that live together (that includes many families and relatives who have the same language, customs, and beliefs, and leader) |
Turning point | the point at which a very significant (important) change occurs |