Prehistory Vocab

the study of the past based on what people left behind

• archaeology

• geography

• artifact

• prehistory

an object created and used by humans

• artifact

• resource

• archaeology

• primary source

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

• culture

• domestication

• resource

• civilization

training animals to make them more useful to humans

• domestication

• resource

• artifact

• culture

the study of the earth's physical and cultural features

• geography

• archaeology

• history

• geology

New Stone Age; the later part of the Stone Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Primary
  Source

• Secondary
  Source

Old Stone Age; the first part of the Stone Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Primary
  Source

• Secondary
  Source

the time before there was writing

• Prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Archaeology

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

• Primary
  Source

• Secondary
  Source

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

• Primary
  Source

• Secondary
  Source