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the neolithic REV
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| obsidian | a hard rock that early people used to make weapons |
| archaeologist | a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts |
| artifact | usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work, and representing a culture, or a stage, in the development of a culture |
| Prehistory | the time period before any written records |
| nomadic | having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land |
| hunter-gatherer | humans that hunt wild animals, or gather edible plants as a way to feed themselves |
| fossil | remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, such as a skeleton or a footprint |
| migration | movement from one country, place, or locality to another |
| Secondary Source | a source that wasn't at the place or time that an event happens |
| C.E | C.E means "common Era" as for we live in C.E |
| Migration | migration means to move from one place to the other |
| sedantary | a way of life where a group or community lives in one permanent place year-round instead of moving frequently. |
| Neolithic Revolution | neolithic revolution means a major turning point in early civilizations were they stopped being nomadic |
| historian | an expert who writes and researches about the past |
| nomadic | a person who is nomadic is someone who never fully settles in one place |
| Primary Source | a primary source is someone or a photograph who was there / taken during a event |
| B.C.E. | B.C.E stands for "before common Era" which means before C.E |
| Excavate | to excavate means to dig in the earth to maybe to find fossils or artifacts |
| Paleolithic Age | the paleolithic Age was the earliest and longest era and used chipped stone tools |
| Neolithic Age | the neolithic age was the final stage of the stone age |
| Catal Hoyuk | catal Hoyuk was a preserved 9000 year old city in turkey |
| surplus | surplus means to have much of something |