The Stone Age Presentation

Stone Age

A prehistoric period characterized by the use of stone tools and weapons.

Stone Age Period

between 2.5-3.4 million years ago and ended between 8700 BCE-2000 BCE

Stone Age ended when

humans began making metal tools

3 periods human history divided by technology

1. Stone Age

2. Bronze Age

3. Iron Age

Can time periods overlap?

Yes, because different parts of the world entered each period at different times.

The Stone Age can be broken down into 3 periods based on tools that were used. What are the periods?

Paleolithic or “Old Stone Age”

Mesolithic, or “Middle Stone Age”

Neolithic, or “New Stone Age”

Paleolithic Period began

About 2.4 million years ago with the earliest use of stone tools

Humans developed into what during the Paleolithic Period?

Homo sapiens

Paleolithic tools were made from

stone, wood, and bone

What were Paleolithic Period people (as it pertained to food?)

hunters-gatherers

What was the key to human survival during the Paleolithic Period?

Fire

How did Paleolithic People create fire?

hit flint stones or rubbed two sticks together

Why was fire so important during the Paleolithic Period?

It provided warmth and light

Kept animals away at night

Allowed food to be cooked and meat to be preserved with smoke

Geographic and climatic changed during the Paleolithic Period were caused by what?

Glaciers moving from Northern regions.

What changes occurred due to the climatic changes during the Paleolithic Period?

Climate became cooler and dried, forests receded, grasslands spread, and wooly mammoths became extinct.

Paleolithic Shelter

wood huts or mouths of caves

Mesolithic Time Period

In northwest Europe it is estimated to be from 10,000 to 5,000 BCE

In southwest Asia it is estimated to be from 20,000 to 9,500 BCE

The climate of the Mesolithic Period

was warmer

• During the Mesolithic periods, tools, such as spears for hunting, became more what?

developed by the use of stones and serrated edges

Biggest change in how people lived during the Mesolithic Period

They began to plant some crops and domesticate animals such as sheep, goats, and pigs.

The Neolithic, or New Stone Age, began roughly

10,000 years ago and ended between 4500 and 2000 BCE

The Neolothic Period began in the Middle East in approximately

10,200 BC

During the Neolithic Age, people learned to:

Make better tools and weapons

Domesticate animals for food and work

Establish permanent villages

Tools that could be used for growing crops, such as sickle blades and grinding stones, were first used during

the Neolithic Period

During the Neolithic Period, advances in agriculture were made possible by

advances in tool making

Due to the advances in agriculture during the Neolithic Period, houses started appearing made of what?

Mud bricks coated with plaster

Stonehenge is a famous Neolithic monument located in present-day

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge is thought to be an ancient

burial ground