Rippe: Whap: Ch. 1 Vocabulary

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Shift from nomadic hunting and gathering societies to stationary "farming"

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Agricultural transition

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belief system that attributes souls or spirits to animals, plants or other entities

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Animism

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extinct hominid, the fossil Lucy was of this genus

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Australopithecus

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large and well preserved Neolithic archaeological site in present day Turkey

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Catal Huyuk

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society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture

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Civilization

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broad term for a period of cultural history centered on the civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

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Classic, classical

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permanent Paleolithic settlement site in the Pacific Northwest are of North America

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Chinook society

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social formation characterized by agricultural surplus, specialized occupations, and a social hierarchy

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complex society

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homo sapien sapiens that appeared 40,000 years ago, some of the first modern human beings

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Cro-Magnon

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spread of ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages etc. — between individuals or from one culture to another

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Cultural diffusion

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process by which animals or plants become accustomed to human cultivation and control

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Domestication

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"upright walking human" ancestor of modern humans that used tools

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Homo erectus

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"consciously-thinking human" ancestor of modern humans that used sophisticated tools

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Homo sapiens

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first human being of the modern type, Cro-Magnon was of this category

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Homo sapiens sapiens

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humans and human-like species

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Hominid

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any group of people that depends primarily on wild foods for subsistence

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Hunting and gathering cultures

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idea that new ideas evolve independently in different regions of the world-as opposed to cultural diffusion

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Independent invention

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a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture

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Institution

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earliest known Neolithic village known for its fortress wall

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Jericho

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Paleolithic society located in central Japan

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Jomon society

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complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings

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Lascaux

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common name of AL 288-1, the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton

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Lucy

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the process of working metal into artifacts/tools/weapons

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Metallurgy

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person/people leaving home environrment to go to a new place or residence

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Migration

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belief in the existence of one deity, or in the oneness of God

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Monotheism

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pre-agricultural settlement in the Mediterranean

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Natufian society

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early humans that may have coexisted with Cro-Magnon man

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Neanderthal

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period in the development of human technology beginning about 10,000 B.C. dominated by the introduction of agriculture

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Neolithic (New Stone) Age

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lifestyle of constant movement characteristic of hunting and gathering societies

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Nomadic life

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period of human development before the introduction of agriculture

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Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age

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branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock, tending herds and traveling with them

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Pastoralism

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belief in or worship of multiple gods

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Polytheism

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subgroup of a complex society that specializes in complicated occupations other than agriculture

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Professional class

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paleoanthropologist

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Richard E. Leakey

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opposite of nomadic, lifestyle characterized by little travel/movement- as in agricultural/farming

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Sedentary

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cave site located in the Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan in Iraq, major Neanderthal discovery site

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Shanidar

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method of cultivation where areas of forest are burned and cleared for planting

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Slash and Burn Agriculture

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refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures

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Social class

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a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence-cave paintings may have been thought to influence the hunt

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Sympathetic magic

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attempt to bring together contradictory beliefs, often while melding practices of various beliefs

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Syncretism

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fabric, early complex societies created simple woven fabrics

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Textile

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small Paleolithic statues with exaggerated female features associated with fertility

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Venus figurines