a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts.

Usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work, and representing a culture, or stage, in the development of a culture

Neolithic site in present day turkey

common era ; the global standard used to count years based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Christ

the taming and training of plants and animals to be useful to humans.

remains, Impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, such as a skeleton or a footprint.

people who study and write about the past.

humans who hunt wild animals, or gather edible plants as a way to feed themselves

movement from one country, place, or locality to another.

later part of the stone age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements

a fundamental change in the way people lived, they went from hunting an gathering to agriculture - which led to permanent settlements

having no fixed home or moving according to the seasons place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land

a dark natural glass that forms when hot molten or semifluid rock from a volcano cools

early phase of the stone age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used

the time period before any written records

an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created under the time of study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic

Documents written after the event has occurred, providing secondhand accounts of that event, person, or topic. Secondary sources analyze and interpret primary sources.

staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places.

a group of people that includes many families and relatives who have the same language, customs, and beliefs, and leader

the point at which a very significant (important) change occurs

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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 stage, in the development of a culture
B.C.E	before common era
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 and training of plants and animals to be useful to humans.
excavate	to carefully dig up
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.
hunter-Gatherer	humans who hunt wild animals, or gather edible plants as a way to feed themselves
migration	movement from one country, place, or locality to another.
Neolithic age	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, they went from hunting an gathering to agriculture - which led to permanent settlements
nomadic	having no fixed home or moving according to the seasons place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land
obsidian	a dark natural glass that forms when hot molten or semifluid rock from a volcano cools
Paleolithic age	early phase of the stone age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used
prehistory	the time period before any written records
Primary source	an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created under the time of study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic
secondry source	Documents written after the event has occurred, providing secondhand accounts of that event, person, or topic. Secondary sources analyze and interpret primary sources.
sedentary	staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places.
tribal	a group of people 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

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