PREHISTORIC PEOPLES

When there are no written records, how do we know how prehistoric humans

lived?

Archaeology

http://bama.ua.edu/~alaarch/Whatisarchaeology/index.htm

Site—artifact evidence

inference

Several Ways to Date Artifacts

1. Stratigraphic dating-according to the Law of Superposition, the lowest stratum is the oldest, and the highest stratum is the more recent deposit.

that the record was the oldest

the CD was the youngest,

the cassette tape was older than the CD, but younger than the record you are providing a

chronology, or timeframe, without the use of dates, but is instead based on, or relative to, the other artifacts that have been uncovered.

Anthropology--Study cultures who still live much like prehistoric peoples

HISTORY IS NOT CUT AND DRIED

Sometimes there are different theories, dates, or ideas about the

same event in history!

The Multiregional Hypothesis

Out of Africa

“Out of Africa” Theory

PALEOLITHIC OR OLD STONE AGE (@ 2.5

MILLION TO 8000 BCE)What discoveries have been

made about the lives of Paleolithic humans in the areas of

SPICE ?

Paleolithic shelters

What is wrong with this cartoon?

Paleolithic religion?

The Lady of Brassempouy Circa 23,000 BCE

Paleolithic sculpture (Venus figurines)

Paleolithic sculpture (animals)

Lascaux

Altamira

The Earliest Musical Instruments Circa 33,000 BCE

Hunters and Gatherers

NEOLITHIC OR NEW STONE AGE (@ 8000

TO 3000 BCE)

What are the changes in SPICE from the Paleolithic

to the Neolithic period?

Neolithic farming villages

Catal Huyuk

walls of Jericho

Banpo

Banpo China—three housing styles and sizes

Neolithic tools and weapons

Obsidian

pottery found at Catal Huyuk

pottery found at Banpo

textiles and baskets

Shrine rooms at Catal Huyuk

Burial site Banpo China

Neolithic art Hunters in a painting

from a shrinein Catal Huyuk, about 7000 BC

baked figurine Catal Huyuk

Global Spread of Agriculture

THE EMERGENCE OF CIVILIZATIONS

(@ 4000-3000 BCE)What changes do you see in SPICE with the emergence

of civilization?

The Standard of Ur Clearly defined social classes

Bronze Age tools and weapons

Sumerian farmers plowing

the wheel

sailboat

Emergence of

writing

Emergence of organized formalized religions

Monumental Architecture

limestone bowls Ur

Sumerian necklace