Across
- 5. a rare example of a well-preserved neolithic-era city, inhabited nearly 9,000 years ago
- 6. also called the Agricultural Revolution; a transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to agriculture and settlement in the Fertile Crescent
- 8. a person or group of people who traveled from one place to another to find fresh resources
- 9. a long period of time or history with a distinct characteristic or noteworthy event
- 12. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
- 13. the science or practice of farming
- 16. the process of taming an animal for farming purposes; the cultivation of a plant for food
- 18. the remains or impressions of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or cast in a rock
- 19. the angular coordinate that specifies the east-west position on the earth
- 20. ancient arts or crafts that assisted early human life
Down
- 1. a nomadic group of people who survive by harvesting wild food
- 2. the study of human history through excavation and analysis of artifacts
- 3. a prehistoric period that followed the Stone Age and came before the Iron Age
- 4. customary beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group
- 5. a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material
- 7. a prehistoric monument in England of cultural value
- 10. an object made by a human being, typically of cultural or historic interest
- 11. seasonal movement from one place to another
- 14. the species to which all modern human beings belong
- 15. a group of closely related families; a kin group
- 17. also called the Paleolithic period; an ancient stage of human development characterized by the use of stone tools