Pre-History “Before time was time”. Imagine that Lumberton High School was buried by a natural...
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Imagine that Lumberton High School was buried by a natural disaster but was perfectly preserved with one exception, all paperwork was destroyed which means there are no written records to of what took place here. It is two hundred years later and archaeologists have uncovered Lumberton High School. Choose 3 artifacts in this classroom or around the school that would explain what we did at Lumberton High School and what our society might have been like. Explain why you chose each item.
A. Archaeology
1. Archaeology: study of past through artifacts
a. artifacts: tools, pottery, paintings – left behind by humans
b. fossils: remains/bones of humans or animals
Anthropology
2. Anthropology: the study of human life and culture.
a. Anthropologists also use artifacts and fossils to create a picture of people’s every day lives
B. Early Humans
1. Homo erectus – “upright man” (Lucy)
2. Homo sapiens – “wise human being”
C. Ice Age (100,000 – 30,000 BC)
1. Neanderthals (located in Germany): buried their dead/ stone tools
2. Cro-Magnon man
3. Homo sapiens sapiens – “wise, wise human being”
D. Paleolithic Age: Old Stone Age (2.5 million –
10,000 BC)1. Nomads: Men hunt/women
gathered2. Shelter: caves & wood huts3. Cave paintings
E. Neolithic Age: New Stone Age (8,000 – 4,000 BC)
1. Agriculture: grew wheat & barley2. Domestication: ability to train
animals for human use – pigs, cows, goats, sheep
3. Communities: extended families – Catal Huyuk (Turkey) & Jericho (Palestine)
4. Bronze Age: (copper & tin)
F. Civilization: 6 Characteristics
1. cities2. government (rulers – monarchs)3. religion (polytheistic)4. social structure (division of labor)5. writing (keep accurate records)6. Art