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Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers

Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers. Unit 1 Vocabulary. Paleolithic. of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, about 750,000 years ago. Neolithic.

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Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers

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  1. Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers Unit 1 Vocabulary

  2. Paleolithic • of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, about 750,000 years ago

  3. Neolithic • of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 b.c. characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements. • New Stone Age.

  4. Domesticate • to train or adapt (an animal or plant) to live in a human environment and be of use to humans • to introduce and accustom (an animal or plant) into another region; naturalize

  5. Artifact • an object made by people long ago

  6. Specialization • adaptation, as of an organ or organism, to a specific function or environment

  7. Nomadic • a person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer

  8. Cultivation • to improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till. • to grow or tend (a plant or crop).

  9. Adaptation • something that is changed or modified to suit new conditions or needs

  10. Irrigation • a system of transporting water to crops

  11. Anthropology • the study of how people have developed and live in cultural groups

  12. Archaeology • the study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, or pottery

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