Notes: Chapter 1, Section 3

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Notes Chapter 1, Section 3

• How Archaeologists Study the Past

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Visual Pre-test

• What do you know? Draw a picture with a brief
  description of the following terms.
• Archaeology
• Prehistoric
• Stone Age

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Archaeology

• The study of ancient human civilizations.
• Methods
• Survey suspected areas
• Excavate (dig) ancient areas
• Analyze human artifacts for meaning

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History vs. Prehistory

• History
• The study of the written records of mankind.
• History only begins with the invention of
  WRITING.
• Prehistory
• The study of mankind BEFORE the invention of
  writing.

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Artifact vs. Fossil

• Artifact a man made object
• Fossil remains of life preserved in the ground
• Class discussion what are the advantages for
  artifacts and fossils for archaeologists?

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Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

• List the following ages, leaving space to write
  in-between each age
• Paleolithic OLD stone age
• Mesolithic MIDDLE stone age
• Neolithic NEW stone age
• Turn in your book to the chart on p. 32. As a
  class we will list important characteristics of
  each age.

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Hominid

• Beings that walk on two feet.
• Archaeologists believe the earliest hominids
  appeared somewhere in East Africa about 4.5
  million years ago.
• Question what 9 letter is the archaeologists
  believe describing? hint development of a
  species

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Australopithicus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, and
Homo Sapien

• The evolutionary development of mankind.
• Look on pages 28 29. As a class we will list
  characteristics of each hominid.