Slides 3 Flashcards
(9 cards)
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Paleolithic Period
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Early Stone Age
2
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Mesolithic Period
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Middle Stone Age
3
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Neolithic Period
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Late Stone Age
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Monolith, n. (adj.: monolithic)
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a single, large stone
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B.C.E.
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Before Common (Christian) Era
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Post-fix “lith” (lat.) means
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“stone”
7
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Radiocarbon Dating
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Invented in 1955, it is based on the fact that living organisms continually absorb carbon isotopes, including radioactive carbon-14, which continually disintegrates into nonradioactive nitrogen-14
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Dendrochronology
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An alternative dating method based on the tree rings found in timber
9
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predominates (mammoth, bison, reindeer, horses, boar, etc.); spears and traps; occasional hand prints
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Hunting
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