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Lesson 2: Early Farmers. Page 18-23. Objective:. To learn about domestication and how farming changed the way of life for the Stone Age people. Vocabulary. The way humans produce the items they need Method of estimating the age of something after it has died. To Tame To Gather - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Lesson 2: Early FarmersPage 18-23
Objective:
• To learn about domestication and how farming changed the way of life for the Stone Age people.
Vocabulary
DomesticateDomesticate
SurplusSurplus
HarvestHarvest
AgricultureAgriculture
TechnologyTechnology
NomadNomad
Carbon datingCarbon dating
Excavation siteExcavation site
The way humans produce the items they need
Method of estimating the age of something after it has died.
To Tame
To Gather
Site where archaeologist uncover artifacts
Raising of plants and animals for human use
Person who travels from place to place, without permanent home
Having extra or an abundance of something
Excavation Site
Harvest
Nomad
Surplus
Domesticate
Stone Age
Old Stone Age• Lasted 3,490,000 Years
• Very Little Progress Made
Technology slow in Old Stone Age
Technology Today?
Old Stone Age Tools
Then……. and Now….
3,490,000 Years20 years
New Stone AgeWhat Caused the Transition from Old Stone Age to
New Stone Age?Ended 5,000 years ago b/c of Metal WorkingNew Stone Age Begins:• Advances in Stone working• Polished Rock tools• Glaciers gone—Wild plants and food crops• Domesticated animals and Plants
– Continues today
Early Farming: 1st Plants• 1st Plants: wheat,
rice, barley (grains)
First Animals to be Domesticated
Domestication of Animals
• 10,000 years ago Dogs, goats, cattle, sheep domesticated.
• Depend on Humans for survival; tame
VS.
Useful CreaturesHorsesDonkeysCamels
Transportation for Nomads
Transportation of Food
Honey
Wax for candles
Venom for medicine
• Animals produce milk and wool—Sell items
• Animals plow fields—sell the surplus
Sell for What?
Change in lifestyle
Skara Brae
Skara Brae• 50 people• Scotland• Raised sheep and cattle• Farmed
Traded Surplus
Social Division
Led To