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Lesson 2: Early Farmers. Page 18-23. Objective:. To learn about domestication and how farming changed the way of life for the Stone Age people. Vocabulary. The way humans produce the items they need Method of estimating the age of something after it has died. To Tame To Gather
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Lesson 2: Early Farmers Page 18-23
Objective: • To learn about domestication and how farming changed the way of life for the Stone Age people.
The way humans produce the items they need • Method of estimating the age of something after it has died. • To Tame • To Gather • Site where archaeologist uncover artifacts • Raising of plants and animals for human use • Person who travels from place to place, without permanent home • Having extra or an abundance of something Domesticate Surplus Harvest Agriculture Technology Nomad Carbon dating Excavation site
Old Stone Age • Lasted 3,490,000 Years • Very Little Progress Made Technology slow in Old Stone Age Technology Today?
Then……. and Now…. 20 years 3,490,000 Years
New Stone Age What Caused the Transition from Old Stone Age to New Stone Age? Ended 5,000 years ago b/c of Metal Working New Stone Age Begins: • Advances in Stone working • Polished Rock tools • Glaciers gone—Wild plants and food crops • Domesticated animals and Plants • Continues today
Early Farming: 1st Plants • 1st Plants: wheat, rice, barley (grains)
Domestication of Animals • 10,000 years ago Dogs, goats, cattle, sheep domesticated. • Depend on Humans for survival; tame VS.
Useful Creatures Horses Donkeys Camels Transportation for Nomads Transportation of Food Honey Wax for candles Venom for medicine
Change in lifestyle • Animals produce milk and wool—Sell items • Animals plow fields—sell the surplus Sell for What?
Skara Brae • 50 people • Scotland • Raised sheep and cattle • Farmed Traded Surplus Led To Social Division