Neolithic Vocabulary

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Scientists who study human history by digging up human remains and artifacts.

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Archeologist

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Usually a simple object such as a tool, or ornament showing human work and representing a culture or stage in the development of a culture

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Artifact

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Before the Common Era (abbreviation)

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BCE

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Neolithic site in present day Turkey

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Catalhoyuk

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Common Era (abbreviation), the global standard used to count years based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Christ

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CE

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Remains, impressions, or a trace of a living thing or a former geological age. For example, skeleton or footprint.

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Fossil

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Movement from one country, place, or locality to another

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Migration

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Last part of the Stone Age - when people used ground or polished stone weapons or implements

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Neolithic

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A fundamental change in the way people lived from hunting and gathering to agriculture which led to permanent settlements

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Neolithic Revolution

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Having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons, from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing lands

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Nomadic