Digging Up the Past

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Digging Up the Past

• What were early civilizations like?

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Famous Sites
Early Americans
The Stone Age
Archaeology
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• People who find and analyze ancient artifacts.

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• What is an archaeologist?

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• The long period of time before people developed
  written language

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• What is prehistory?

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• Objects made by people long ago

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• What is an artifact?

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• From 1.6 million years to about 10,000 years ago

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• When did the Ice Age occur?

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• They covered the Earth during the Ice Age.

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• What are glaciers?

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• The name of the vast area of land that used to
  stretch from Asia to North America

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• What is Berengia or the Bering Straits?

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• The famous site found in Chile about 20 years
  ago.

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• What is Monte Verde?

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• It showed the first Americans entered North
  America 1,000 years before scientists thought
  they did.

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• Why is the Monte Verde site so important?

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• The Topper Site

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• What is the famous site in South Carolina?

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• Humans relied primarily on stone tools during
  this time.

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• What is the Stone Age?

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• It lasted from 3.5 million years to 10,000 years
  ago.

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• How long was the Old Stone Age?

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• It lasted from 10,000 years ago until 5,000 years
  ago.

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• How long was the New Stone Age?