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The Neolithic Rev
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 (The tools reflect the skills of that particular time period for humanity) |
| B.C.E. | Before the Common Era (before the birth of Christ) *wording used on timelines |
| Catal Hoyuk | Neolithic site in present day Turkey |
| C.E | Common Era; the global standard used to count years based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Christ |
| domestication | the taming & training of plants and animals to be useful to humans |
| excavate | to carefully dig up (archaeologists will excavate historical sites to find bones, artifacts, ruins, etc.) |
| fossil | remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, such as a skeleton or a footprint |
| historian | people who study and write about the past |
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