PreHistory Vocabulary

The period of time with NO written language

• archaeology

• prehistory

• artifact

• anthropology

The study of past cultures through artifacts (tools, pottery, jewelry, etc.)

• archaeology

• anthropology

• nomad

• agriculture

A person who uncovers evidence from the past and studies it

• nomad

• surplus

• archaeologist

• anthropologist

An object made or used by people long ago

• glacier

• Beringia

• migrate

• artifact

The study of how people lived and developed their culture

• anthropology

• archaeology

• prehistory

• domesticate

A person who travels from place to place

• diverse

• culture

• nomad

• domesticate

To move from one place to another place, not staying in one place

• migrate

• diverse

• social division

• surplus

The land bridge that connected Asia and North America around 11,500 years ago.

• glacier

• Beringia

• Old Stone Age

• domesticate

A huge sheet of ice

• nomad

• culture

• surplus

• glacier

Another word for farming, growing plants and raising animals for human use

• anthropology

• agriculture

• domesticate

• archaeology