Prehistory

History and Prehistory are somewhat homologous in some aspect. For instance, both of them are within the timeframe of the past. But the certain edge that somehow detached history from prehistory is the certainty that there are already written events in the past to clarify history and this is still nonexistent during prehistory. Thus we can conclude that prehistory is the span of time before the era of recorded history. History can be explained as a record of the events that happened in the past. Prehistory does not record the happenings due to the fact that there were no recording facilities available in the period implied by the word ‘prehistory’. The word prehistory gave rise to words such as prehistoric man and prehistoric period. Hence in short it can be said that prehistory is the term that is used to denote…

History vs. Prehistory a) What is prehistory and how is this concept or term defined?  The term prehistory is referred to the time period before the era of recorded history. There are no written accounts in the prehistory period. The era of beginning of the universe and when there was the beginning of life on earth is described as prehistoric period by historians and geologists. In short, it is used to express the era from when human existence began.[ 1] b) What is the history of the term (and…

Jerry D. Moore’s novel, The Prehistory of Home, provides information of archaeology through the use of one central theme: the home. Moore does not simply describe different excavations, he discusses the journey of the human experience expressed by archaeological dwellings and artifacts. The Prehistory of Home supplements Anthropology 145, World Prehistory, by discussing the development of human society through the examination of the home. The central purpose of this course is to observe the…

The Archaic Era was a very important era in the world. It started about 2,500- 10,000 years ago (Schultz 2014). Agriculture became the primary source of living during this time. It made many populations grow larger. It made food supplies become more obtainable and the groups no longer depended on hunting. It made the modern world learn the importance of farming and growing your own crops. The reason many people believe that this is the most significant in Prehistory, because it showed the world…

Prehistory. Literally meaning before history, the time before written records; but yet prehistory has just as many stories to tell that cannot be found in any high school textbook. These stories can be very important stories that can change how we believe humans created civilization. Standard theory suggests that humanity's progress toward civilization started in prehistory with farming. Once prehistoric humans discovered farming, they were able to settle down and get their food from farming.…

In my opinion, the purpose of the film "Curse of the Axe", appears to be an attempt to glorify the field of archaeological research. The filmmakers attempted to demonstrate that archaeologists can teach First Nations about their history. This film suggested that the Huron-Wendat had little, to no knowledge about their past. I feel that the filmmakers, even if they depicted an interesting portrayal of pre-colonial Aboriginal history, did so in a biased manner. In contrast to the last chapter of…

“During the ceremony, the officiant asked Aaron to think of all the 'laughter ' and 'good times ' he has shared with his cell phone before asking him to promise to 'honor ' and 'comfort her’.”In May of this year, Aaron Chervenak traveled from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to marry his phone. He went through the ceremony in all seriousness, with guests and an officiator. Although the “marriage” is not acknowledge by the state, the actuality of the relationship is, in fact, realistic; Aaron stated…

The world around us is constantly changing. How we interact with the world around us evolves over time. Technology has forever changed our world and will continue to do so. Technology is not going anywhere and should be incorporated in all aspects of our education. Haven and Keller show different aspects of the debate of academic writing in this new era of technology. Keller points out there are positive and negative affects of technology in academic writing. Haven and Keller both understand…

I believe that when we research history it’s very important to start with the paleo-Neo era because they are the most important parts of human life. The Paleolithic era is the stone age when we had begun using stone tools. The people of the old stone age era left no written records, they only left physical remains. While the Neolithic began at the end of the last ice age this era brought out the continuation of the social and technological evolution. The people of this era began to make weapons…

The last stage of the “Old Stone Age” is the Upper Paleolithic Era. During the Upper Paleolithic Era, modern humans drastically changed the tools that were being used. The changes that were made were, leaving behind the hand axe and flake tools and gaining blade tools (Aggarwal). Blade tools were created using the punch flaking technique (O’Neil). The first step in this technique was preparing the rock core, the next step is, placing a hard pointed punch near the striking platform (O’Neil). The…