CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
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A system of classifying ancient ages into groups based on tool developmental stages
Introduced in early 19th century by Christian Jurgensen Thomsen
THREE AGE SYSTEM
Period of great scientific intellectual achievements that contributed to essential changes in scientific investigation
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Period of complex technological inventions that eventually replaced human and animal forces
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
also called digital age: the period characterized by the change from traditional industry to an economy that is founded on computerization of information
INFORMATION AGE
An archeologist and a curator of the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK, COPENHAGEN, through his book GUIDE TO SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITY
Christian Jurgensen Thomsen
Ancient Age: Three age system
Pre historical periods under Ancient Age: Three age System
STONE AGE
BRONZE AGE
IRON AGE
Period of weapons made of stone, wood and bone or some other materials aside from metals
Tools from chipped to polished stones
Based mainly on technological advancement and not on actual date ranges , thus their lenghts varied in diff parts of the world
STONE AGE
2.5 mya- 3000 B.C
Stone age was subdivided by ________ into Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods as presented in his book (Prehistoric Times)
John Lubbock
In 1883 He suggested the transitional period between palaeolithic and neolithic periods after the discovery of many stone tool deposits overlying those from palaeolithic period
De Mortillet
1883
Late palaeolithic and early neolithic period was called___
by?
MESOLITHIC
by: JOHN ALLEN BROWN
1892
Longest phase of human history which began aprroximately two million years ago and ended between 40,000 to 10,000 years ago
Also called Old stone
Humans were suggested to evolve from an ape like creature to a true Homo sapiens. They were hunter gatherers who used to hunt wild animals and harvest wild plants for survival
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
LOWER, MIDDLE, UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
Earliest paleolithic period marked the age of human evolution and was characterized by the development of simple tools
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
Unearthed from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Australopithecus
Caveman know to use fire, stone tools of flakes types of hunting and bone implements such as needles for sewing body coverings made of animal furs and skins
Neanderthal
Period that known for communal hunting, extensive fishing, supernatural beliefs, cloth sewing, sculpture, painting, and making personal ornaments out of bones, horns, and ivory
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
Period that encompassed the cultural development involving another early human ancestor
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
First manmade dwellings called:
Under Upper Palaeolithic
Pit houses
People learn how to Fishing, make pottery and use bowls
Transition from food gathering to agriculture or food production.
Mesolithic period (Middle Stone)
Mesolithic use of stone tools known as:
which were comparatively smaller and more delicate than those palaeoliths
microliths
Stage of cultural and technological development was based primarily on agriculture. (RICE, CORN, BEANS)
Animals (GOATS, CATTLES, SHEEPS, PIG)
NEOLITHIC PERIOD (NEW STONE)
3 AGE
STONE AGE
BRONZE AGE
IRON AGE
TOOLS UNDER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
- CUDGEL
- CLUB
- SHARPENED STONE
- CHOPPER
- HANDAXE
- SCRAPER
- SPEAR
- HARPOON
- NEEDLE
TOOLS IN MESOLITHIC PERIOD
- BOW AND ARROW FISH
- BASKET
- BOATS
3 PERIOD UNDER STONE AGE
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
MESOLITHIC PERIOD
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
