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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 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 • 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.
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
Artifact • an object made by people long ago
Specialization • adaptation, as of an organ or organism, to a specific function or environment
Nomadic • a person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer
Cultivation • to improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till. • to grow or tend (a plant or crop).
Adaptation • something that is changed or modified to suit new conditions or needs
Irrigation • a system of transporting water to crops
Anthropology • the study of how people have developed and live in cultural groups
Archaeology • the study of past cultures through the things that remain such as buildings, tools, or pottery