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18 Cards in this Set
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Archaeologist |
a person who studies human history |
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Stone Age |
the first known period of prehistoric human culture |
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Artifact |
an object made by a human being |
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Paleolithic |
an early stage of the stone age |
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Neolithic |
a later part of the stone age |
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Tool |
a device or a implement |
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Nomads |
a member of people that don't have a permanent abode |
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Cave Art |
paint and engravings on the walls of caves |
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Settlement |
a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited |
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Culture |
the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively |
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Domestication |
the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively |
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Homnid |
a primate of a family |
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Hunter/Gatherer |
a nomad |
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Wooly Mamoth |
a mammoth that was adapted to the cold periods of the Pleistocene, with a long shaggy coat, small ears, and a thick layer of fat |
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Surplus |
an amount of something left over when requirements have been met |
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Quern |
a simple hand mill for grinding grain, typically consisting of two circular stones, the upper of which is rotated or rubbed to and fro on the lower one |
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Fertile Cresent |
The Fertile Crescent is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt |
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Catal Huyuk |
is an archaeological site in what is now south-central Turkey. Along with Jericho, it's considered one of the oldest cities in the world, dating from almost 7500 BC |
