Chapter 1 Flashcards
Paleolithic Art
The rock art of gathering and hunting peoples found in Africa, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere
Hazda
People of northern Tanzania, who’s lives (in 1997) resemble humankind until 10,000-12,000 years ago. (hunted game, collected honey, dug roots, gather fruits and berries)
Paleolithic
Old Stone Age- era of hunter and gatherers.
Neolithic
New Stone Age- era in which a few societies in Eurasia, Africa and Americas started to practice the deliberate cultivation of plants and domestication of animals.
Neolithic era of humans
longest phase of human history
Why Paleolithic and Neolithic eras are important
These eras mark the transition to using agriculture, which were learned changes rather than biological evolution.
Venus figurines
Paleolithic carvings of the female form,often with exaggerated breasts, hips, and stomachs which may have held religious significance.
trance dance
In San culture, a nightlong ritual to activate a human being’s inner spiritual potency (n/um) to counteract the evil influences of gods and ancestors. The practice was apparently common to the Khoisan people, of whom the Ju/’hoansi are a surviving remnant.
teosinte
the wild ancestor of maize
stateless societies
Village-based agricultural societies, usually organized by kinship groups, that functioned without a formal government apparatus.
shaman
In many early societies, a person believed to have the ability to act as a bridge between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances induced by psychoactive drugs.
