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Stone Age

Stone Age. By: Aubrey Lewis, Adam Miller, Shalonda Gray, Kelley Clark. General Information. 3 parts make up stone age Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Started about 2.5 million years ago Didn’t only use stone tools; also wood, bone, shell, antler

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Stone Age

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  1. Stone Age By: Aubrey Lewis, Adam Miller, Shalonda Gray, Kelley Clark

  2. General Information • 3 parts make up stone age • Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic • Started about 2.5 million years ago • Didn’t only use stone tools; also wood, bone, shell, antler • Became more advance as groups encountered other cultures more technologically developed

  3. Paleolithic • Created 1st stone tools • Used knapped stone tools • They were hunters and gathers • Towards the end of the Paleolithic era humans began to produce works of art • Also at this time started to be more religious and spiritual (burials and rituals)

  4. Mesolithic • Started at the end of the last ice age (10,000 years ago) • Had more complex settlements (tribes) • Mostly hunting and gathering but some farming and fishing is introduced • Started using bow and arrows and fishing baskets • Earliest known battle was recorded in the era

  5. Neolithic • Mostly farming, hunting, gathering, and fishing • Tools: hoes, chisels, reaping hook, barley, loom , pottery and weapons • Domestication is taking place • Living on farmsteads • tribes and starting to have chiefs

  6. Resources • Bc, By 9500–9000. "Neolithic." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic>. • "Mesolithic." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolithic>. • "Paleolithic." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic>. • "Stone Age." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age>.

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