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Overview of Early Man: The Hunter-Gatherer Societies

Overview of Early Man: The Hunter-Gatherer Societies. Foundations Lesson 1. Main Ideas:. Activities of pre-farming man were focused entirely on the acquisition of food

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Overview of Early Man: The Hunter-Gatherer Societies

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  1. Overview of Early Man: The Hunter-Gatherer Societies Foundations Lesson 1

  2. Main Ideas: • Activities of pre-farming man were focused entirely on the acquisition of food • By the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 B.C.E.), most hunter-gatherer societies exhibited a rudimentary level of social development

  3. Eras of Early Human History • Paleolithic Era (1 million-40,000 yrs. ago) • simple stone tools • simple shelters • cave paintings • Neolithic (10,000 yrs. ago) • farming • innovation • complex societies • defined polytheistic ideologies

  4. Ice Age Man • Nomadic lifestyle • following food supplies • avoiding temperature extremes • Food & Shelter • typical diet • Were they constantly hungry? • Summer & winter shelters

  5. Theories of Migration & Settlement • “Out of Africa” Theory • humans follow animal herds & settle other continents during last Ice Age • most accepted theory • Independent Development Theory • human development occurs relatively simultaneously in key areas • Africa • Central Europe • SE Asia • Northern China • Central America

  6. Complex Activities • Clan-like social development • leadership based on dominance • other authorities • Tool-making • “The Stone Age”

  7. Complex Activities • Basic religious functions • talismans & “medicine bags” • ritualized burials

  8. Drawing the Pre-Historic Line • History: the recorded experience of human development • Were hunter-gatherer societies “pre-historic”?

  9. The Lascaux Caves

  10. The Lascaux Caves • What are they “recording”? • What does this tell us about their lives and experiences? • Consider painting locations and Ice Age life—why did they do this? • How are we similar today?

  11. Reading: The Clan of the Cave Bear • Read excerpt from The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel) • Answer questions over reading (due tomorrow)

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