HOA1 - Prehistoric Period

AMACE

Paleolithic

• Tools = Stones and Bones

• Hunting

• Nomadic, lived in caves and rock shelters

Mesolithic

• Tools = Fashioned Stone tools

• Built huts from bones, animal hides, reeds and grass

Neolithic

• Tools = Polished stone for grinding, cutting and chopping

• Agriculture and domesticated animals

• Practices burial rituals and built tombs

• Built huts of stones and mud

Bronze Age

Developed the writing system like the cuneiform and hieroglyphics

Dolmen

• Two or more upright stones supporting a slab

• Served as tomb landmarks

Cromlech

Other term for Dolmen

Menhir

Monolith ; Single Upright Stone

Tumulus

Barrow ; Earthen mound burial

Gobekli Tepe, Turkey

Oldest place of worship or sanctuary

Stone Tower of Jericho, Palestine

• Oldest skyscraper

• Forms the part of the earliest Neolithic settlement of Jericho

Jericho

Oldest city on Earth

Rock Shelter

• Shallow cave-like opening

Cliff Dwelling

Formed by carving niches in cliffs

Pit House

Partially built into the ground

Hut

Temporary Shelter of simple construction

Tent

• Sheets of animal hides or other material draped over to a frame of poles

• Used as temporary shelters during seasonal movements