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unit 1 terms
Term | Definition |
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Archaeoologist | 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 Common Era(before birth of christ) |
Catalhoyuk | Netholic site in present day turkey |
Fossil | remains,impression,or trace of a living thing of a former geologic ag,as a skeleton,footprint |
C.E. | Common Era;The global standard use 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 agrculture 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 grazing land |
Obsidan | a dark natural glass that forms when lava from a volcano cools(used to make arrowheads) |