Instructions: create a chart of Pre history by arranging the characteristics listed below into the cultural periods of Prehistory, oldest at the bottom and most recent at the top, as follows: Lower Paleolithic at the bottom, then middle Paleolithic, upper Paleolithic and finally Neolithic at the top. List characteristics with their numbers from original pf 40 in numerical order in each period.
1. The first evidence for use of fire dates from near the end of this period. Lower Paleolithic
2. Mousterian tool industry in Europe and the Near East. Middle Paleolithic
3. Big game hunting as a way of life reaches its highest level of development with communal hunts and evidence for some increase in human populations. Paleolithic
4. Weaving develops as a domestic craft.
5. Economic surpluses support public megalithic architecture. Neeolithic
6. Humans eventually evolve by the end of this period up to early spiens all the way from early habilis forms. Lower Paleolithic
7. In Europe Cro-Magnon man (early modern sapiens) replaces Neanderthals ushering in this period. Upper Paleolithic
8. Local cultures differentiate and adjust to environmental changes following the Paleistocence. Lower Paleolithic
9. Bone and Antler harpoons and other complex tools are part of a diversified tool kit. Lower and middle Paleolithic
10. Trade develops along established routes linking permanent settlements.
11. erectus appears and develops.
12. Population takes a dramatic increase because of economic development leading eventually to life in true cities
13. Early (archaic) forms of sapiens and/or proto-sapiens, depending on interpretation, appear and develop. Paleolithic
14. Ground stone tools industry marks the start of this period in Africa.
15. Archaic cultures replace Palo-Indian culture in North America.
16. Oldowan tool industry marks the start of this period in Africa. Early lower Paleolithic
17. Evidence of cultism involving the collection and arrangement the cave bear bones.
18. The bow and arrow invented in the previous period is used extensively in a forest hunting adaptation. Upper Mesolithic
19. Microliths from broken blades and hafted (attached to handles or shafts) are a characteristic tool form.
20. Pebble chopper-chopping tools evolve into hand axes in Africa and continue without evolving into hand axes in Asia. Upper Paleolithic
21. Cave paintings as magico-religious aid to hunting. Lower and Upper Paleolithic
22. Sedentary village life develops and becomes widespread in some areas.
23. The dog is the first animal domesticated, probably as an aid in hunting. Mesolithic
24. Domesticated plants and animals provide the techno-economic foundation for this period.
25. Evidence suggests abstract thought, but anatomically modern complex speech and language might not have been completely possible.
26. Neanderthals become adapted to the colder climate in Europe and are successful. Middle Paleolithic
27. Pottery making develops as a domestic craft. Neolithic
28. Boats and sleds are developed as improvements in transportation. Neolithic
29. Homo habilis evolves into erectus forms. Lower Paleolithic
30. First purposeful burial of the dead with “grave goods” (artifacts buried with dead).
31. Robust Australopithecenes (Paranthropus) survive for some time beside early , and then disappear.
32. Long blade tools from a prepared core are the characteristic tool form, many times reworked and reshaped for a variety of specific purposes. Upper Paleolithic
33. A scavenging way of life evolves into effective hunting and gathering. Paleolithic
34. High status individuals are buried in publicly constructed tombs. Neolithic
35. Hand axes are a characteristics tool form in Africa and the Near East. Lower Paleolithic
36. Grinding stones used to process wild grass seeds in an early Natufian adaptation.
37. The spear thrower (atlatl) is invented and gives an advantage to the hunter in big game hunting. Lower Paleolithic
38. Flake tools from prepared cores (Levalloisians) become characteristic tool forms. Lower Paleolithic
39. Australia and America receive their first inhabitants in significant numbers.
40. Acheulian tool industry first appears and develops. Lower paleolithic
I would use the table feature in Word or a spreadsheet like Excel. If you're unclear on how to use these programs, be sure to make use of the F1 key for help. If you don't have them on your computer, you can download free comparable programs from www.openoffice.org.
No one here will do this assignment for you, but we'll be happy to comment on your ideas or answer questions about how to set up such a chart/table.
These sites may help you.
http://modena.intergate.ca/personal/gslj/timeline.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory
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i don't need help with the spreadsheet. i don't understand some of the questions most of them are not answered
You'll find a lot of your unanswered questions by Googling them. Here are sites for questions 4, 10, and 11.
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus
I'm working on the same homework assignment does anybody have some more info?
To create a chart of Prehistory with the given characteristics arranged into the cultural periods, follow these steps:
1. Start by identifying the cultural periods of Prehistory, from oldest to most recent: Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, and Neolithic.
2. Begin organizing the characteristics into their corresponding cultural periods based on the information given.
Here is the chart:
Lower Paleolithic:
- 1. The first evidence for use of fire dates from near the end of this period.
- 6. Humans eventually evolve by the end of this period up to early Homo sapiens all the way from early habilis forms.
- 8. Local cultures differentiate and adjust to environmental changes following the Paleocene.
- 9. Bone and Antler harpoons and other complex tools are part of a diversified tool kit.
- 15. The Oldowan tool industry marks the start of this period in Africa.
- 21. Cave paintings as magico-religious aid to hunting.
- 27. The spear thrower (atlatl) is invented and gives an advantage to the hunter in big game hunting.
- 35. Hand axes are a characteristic tool form in Africa and the Near East.
- 38. Flake tools from prepared cores (Levalloisians) become characteristic tool forms.
- 40. The Acheulian tool industry first appears and develops.
Middle Paleolithic:
- 2. The Mousterian tool industry in Europe and the Near East.
- 26. Neanderthals become adapted to the colder climate in Europe and are successful.
- 29. Homo habilis evolves into erectus forms.
Upper Paleolithic:
- 7. In Europe, Cro-Magnon man (early modern sapiens) replaces Neanderthals, ushering in this period.
- 20. Pebble chopper-chopping tools evolve into hand axes in Africa and continue without evolving into hand axes in Asia.
- 32. Long blade tools from a prepared core are the characteristic tool form, many times reworked and reshaped for a variety of specific purposes.
Neolithic:
- 5. Economic surpluses support public megalithic architecture.
- 10. Trade develops along established routes linking permanent settlements.
- 22. Sedentary village life develops and becomes widespread in some areas.
- 24. Domesticated plants and animals provide the techno-economic foundation for this period.
- 27. Pottery making develops as a domestic craft.
- 28. Boats and sleds are developed as improvements in transportation.
- 34. High-status individuals are buried in publicly constructed tombs.
Note: Some characteristics were not included in the chart as their cultural periods were not specified in the given information, or they did not align with any of the defined cultural periods.