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Agriculture | farming |
Aleppo | An early city located in northern Syria in the Fertile Crescent, studied today by archeologists. |
Anatolia | the western peninsula of Asia that forms the greater part of Turkey. It is bounded by the Black, Aegean, and Mediterranean seas. |
Archeologist | Person who studies past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, tools, and artifacts. |
Artifacts | Material remains left behind by other people and cultures. |
Carbon Dating | A scientific test used to determine the age of fossils, remains(including bones) and artifacts. |
Catalhoyuk | Neolithic site in Anatolia under excavation. |
Cave Art | paintings found in many caves usually in the form of animals dating back to the Paleolithic Era |
Clan | a group of families having the same ancestors; social organization of early people |
Domestication | The taming of wild animals and plants for human use. |
Fossil | Preserved remains of plants, animals and other organisms from the distant past often studied by Archaeologists. |
Homo Sapiens | Humans; The species to which modern humans belong |
Hunter Gatherers | Humans who obtain their food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants |
Jericho | An early walled city in the Fertile Crescent studied by archaeologists. |
Migrate/Nomadic | To change location or move from one place and settle in anothe |
Neolithic Era | A period after the Paleolithic Era when humans used “new (improved) stone tools.” Development of Agriculture |
Oral Language | spoken form of communication |
Paleolithic Era | “old stone age”-- when humans used simple stone tools |
Settled Communities | the earliest cities, formed around agriculture. |
Stonehenge | archeological site found in England that was started during the Neolithic Era |