| A | B |
|---|
| artifacts | items left behind by a people or civilization |
| Anthropologist | scientist who studys culture (way of life) by examining artifacts which help recreate a picture of early man's culture |
| Archaeologist | scientist who learn about early people by excavating (digging) and studying the traces of early settlements |
| Paleontologist | scientists who study fossils and date them |
| Nomads | people who move from place to place |
| Hunters and gatherers | people who couldn't produce their own food so women go find food, nuts, berries, and men hunt animals for food |
| specialization | result of surplus food- other occupations besides farming |
| domestication | train wild animals to help humans preform chores (farm animals and pets) |
| slash and burn farming | clear all wooded areas then burn stumps. Ashes act as fertilizer when fields no longer produced crops people moved on. |
| Mary Leakey | archaeologist who found foot prints of human like beings in Tanzania |
| Artisian | skilled workers who make goods by hand |
| Scribe | professional record keeper |
