Archaeology httpbamauaedualaarchWhatisarchaeologyindexhtm Siteartifact evidence inference Several Ways to Date Artifacts 1 Stratigraphic datingaccording to the Law of Superposition the lowest stratum is the oldest and the highest stratum is the more recent deposit ID: 795892
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Slide1
Prehistoric peoples
Slide2When there are no written records, how do we know how prehistoric humans lived?
Slide3Archaeology
http://bama.ua.edu/~alaarch/Whatisarchaeology/index.htm
Slide4Site—artifact evidence
Slide5inference
Slide6Several Ways to Date Artifacts
1.
Stratigraphic
dating-according to the Law of Superposition, the lowest stratum is the oldest, and the highest stratum is the more recent deposit.
that the record was the oldest
the CD was the youngest,
the cassette tape was older than the CD, but younger than the record
you are providing a
chronology
, or timeframe, without the use of dates, but is instead based on, or
relative to
, the other artifacts that have been uncovered.
Slide7Anthropology--Study cultures who still live much like prehistoric peoples
Slide8History is not cut and dried
Sometimes there are different theories, dates, or ideas about the same event in history!
Slide9The Multiregional Hypothesis
Slide10Out of Africa
Slide11“Out of Africa” Theory
Slide12Slide13Paleolithic or Old Stone Age (@ 2.5 million to 8000 BCE)
What discoveries have been made about the lives of Paleolithic humans in the areas of SPICE ?
Slide14Paleolithic shelters
Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19What is wrong with this cartoon?
Slide20Paleolithic religion?
Slide21The Lady of
Brassempouy
Circa 23,000 BCE
Slide22Paleolithic sculpture
(Venus figurines)
Slide23Paleolithic sculpture (animals)
Slide24Lascaux
Slide25Altamira
Slide26The Earliest Musical Instruments Circa 33,000 BCE
Slide27Hunters and Gatherers
Slide28Neolithic or new stone age (@ 8000 to 3000 BCE)
What are the changes in SPICE from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic period?
Slide29Neolithic farming villages
Catal
Huyuk
Slide30walls of Jericho
Slide31Banpo
Slide32Banpo
China—three housing styles and sizes
Slide33Neolithic tools and weapons
Slide34Obsidian
Slide35pottery found at
Catal
Huyuk
Slide36pottery found at
Banpo
Slide37textiles and baskets
Slide38Shrine rooms at
Catal
Huyuk
Slide39Burial site
Banpo China
Slide40Neolithic art
Hunters in a painting from a shrine
in
Catal
Huyuk
, about 7000 BC
Slide41baked figurine
Catal
Huyuk
Slide42Global Spread of Agriculture
Slide43The Emergence of civilizations
(@ 4000-3000 BCE)
What
changes do you see in SPICE with the emergence of civilization?
Slide44Slide45Slide46The Standard of Ur
Clearly defined social classes
Slide47Bronze Age tools and weapons
Slide48Sumerian farmers plowing
Slide49the wheel
Slide50sailboat
Slide51Emergence of writing
Slide52Emergence of organized formalized religions
Slide53Monumental Architecture
Slide54limestone bowls Ur
Slide55Sumerian necklace