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17 Cards in this Set
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Archaeologist |
An Archaeologist is A Scientist Who Studies Human Remains |
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Stone Age |
The Stone Age Was A Prehistoric Period In Time |
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Artifacts |
observed in a scientific investigation or experiment |
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Paleolithic |
he early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years |
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Neolithic |
Denoting The Later Part Of The Stone Age |
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Tool |
Its A Weapon |
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Nomads |
who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock |
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Cave Art |
painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric |
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Settlement |
Where People Establish A Community Culture |
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Domestication |
To Tame An Animal Especially By Generations Of Breeding |
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Hominid |
a primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors |
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Hunter-Gather |
a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food |
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Wooly Mammoth |
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. Individuals are sometimes found frozen in the permafrost of Siberia |
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Surplus |
an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand |
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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 |
is acrescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist andfertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta |
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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 |