Stone Age Vocabulary

the study of the past

• culture

• artifact

• history

• fossil

the knowledge,beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

• history

• artifact

• fossil

• culture

the study of the past based on what people left behind

• history

• archaeology

• artifact

• fossil

a part or imprint of something that was once alive

• fossil

• artifact

• archaeology

• primary source

an object created and used by humans

• fossil

• artifact

• culture

• history

an account of an event by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

• primary source

• secondary source

• fossil

• history

information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

• primary source

• secondary source

• history

• culture

the time before there was writing

• ancestor

• prehistory

• society

• hominid

an early ancestor of humans

• prehistory

• hominid

• ancestor

• culture

a relative who lived in the past

• ancestor

• artifact

• history

• fossil