PREHISTORIC

BASICS

PALEOLITHIC
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2.6 MILLION YEARS AGO TO 10,000 BP

BANDS
KNAPPED STONE
BONE
WOOD

MESOLITHIC
EARLY RISE IN AGRICULTURE

NEOLITHIC
10,200 BC, - between 4,500 and 2,000 BC
FARMING
ANIMAL DOMESTICATION

TOOLS
HAND AXE OR BIFACE
- prehistorical stone tool with two faces that is
the longest-used tool in human history

TOOLS
LITHIC FLAKE AND LITHIC CORE

TOOLS
ADZE

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ROPE

TOOLS

WOOD

TOOLS

GLUE

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PIGMENT

TOOLS

ANVIL

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CUPSTONES

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PREPARED CORE TECHNIQUE

TOOLS
BLADE
a type of stone tool created by striking a long
narrow flake from a stone core

TOOLS
CHOPPER
a pebble tool with an irregular cutting edge
formed through the removal of flakes from one
side of a stone.

TOOLS
CLEAVER
They are large and oblong or U-shaped tools
meant to be held in the hand, but unlike hand
axes, they have a wide, straight cutting edge
running at right angles to the axis of the tool.

TOOLS
TOOL STONE
FLINT
CHERF
RHYOLITE
FELSITE
OBSIDIAN
BASALT
GRANITE
SANDSTONE

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BONE TOOLS

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CONTROL OF FIRE

PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS
MEGALITH
A large stone that has been used to construct a
structure or monument, either alone or together
with other stones

PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS
MENHIR
men, "stone" and hir, "long"

Upright stones without lintels

PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS
DOLMEN

Upright stones standing in pairs with lintels

PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS
CROMLECH
crom means "bent" or "curved" and llech means
"slab" or "flagstone"
STONE CIRCLES

PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS
TUMULUS
Latin for 'mound' or 'small hill

a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave

or graves