Grade 6 Unit 1 Illustrated Glossary

archaeologist skoolshopblog.blogspot.com a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts

artifact www.sonandersonartifacts.com usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture

Before the Common Era (before the birth of Christ) B.C.E. measuring time Before the Common Era (before the birth of Christ)

Neolithic site in present day Turkey Catalhoyuk Neolithic site in present day Turkey

fossil www.newscientist.com remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint

C.E. www.historyforkids.org Common Era; the global standard used to count years based on the traditionally reckoned year of the birth of Christ

movement from one country, place, or locality to another migration www.npr.org movement from one country, place, or locality to another

Neolithic later part of the Stone Age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements

Neolithic Revolution en.wikipedia.org a fundamental change in the way people lived from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements

nomadic www.china-mike.com having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land

obsidian geology.com a dark natural glass that forms when hot molten or semifluid rock from a volcano cools

Paleolithic anthrowiki.at early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used

staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places sedentary www.philarm.com staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places

tribal theprimalparent.com a group of people that includes many families and relatives who have the same language, customs, and beliefs, and leader

the point at which a very significant change occurs turning point mrsommerglobal10.pbworks.com the point at which a very significant change occurs