Paleolithic & Neolithic Era Vocab

2. The lifestyle many nomadic humans lived that consisted of foraging natural vegetation & hunting animals for food.
6. An item/object created by humans, often of historical or archaeological interest.
9. When huntergatherer humans changed their lifestyles to consist more of farming & domesticating animals.
10. The study of the past.
14. A symbol representing a word, idea, or phrase.
15. An advanced society with well-established culture & political systems.
18. The time period before civilization & writing.
19. To tame animals from their previously wild state.
20. A Mesopotamian structure or temple with multiple layers & steps leading up to it.

1. One of the oldest forms of writing created by the Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia.
3. The first part of the Stone Age that started human technological advances, such as stone tools & figurines.
4. Someone who is skilled in working with their hands, such as creating furniture & pottery.
5. It is the art, behavior, & social aspects of a certain group of people.
7. Typically found in ancient societies, they were educated in writing & reading as a professional copyist.
8. People who have no home & move around instead of staying in one location.
11. The scientific definition for humans.
12. To arrange laws or information into a systematic code or order.
13. A crescent-shaped region in the Middle East known for fertile land & development for early civilizations.
16. A prehistoric monument in England made by ancient people in the Mesolithic period.
17. The final part of the Stone Age that saw villages, animal domestication, & agriculture.