THE PALEOLITHIC AGE NAMEROLL NO. DHAVAL KARKAR14SA122 PIYUSH ZINZALA14SA162 JEEGAR VARIYA14SA134 KEINS PRAJAPATI14SA136 JAY PRAJAPATI14SA133 MEHUL CHAUDHARY14SA149
The Paleolithic Age (The Old Stone Age)
Paleolithic Age O Old Stone Age O 2 million BC to 10,000 BC O People were nomadic O Lived in clans of people O Men hunted/fished, women gathered wild fruits/nuts/roots O People depended entirely on their environment for their survival –especially the climate
THE OLD STONE AGE OR THE PALEOLITHIC ERA, WAS A PERIOD OF TIME THAT LASTED UNTIL ABOUT 12,000 TO 70,000 YEARS AGO.
Evolution of Man
Old Stone Age Tools Man used stone, wood, and bone tools to survive during the Old Stone Age.
Bow found in Denmark Bone Harpoon Hand Axe Flint Blades used to sharpen tools
Many Stone Age people were Nomads, or people who had no settled home.
Forms of Paleolithic Age Portable Art Stationary Art
Portable Art Consisted of either figure or decorated object. Carved or modelled with clay. Depicted something recognizable weather animal or human. Figurines were referred to Venus.
Stationary Art Refers to stationary form. Paintings in western euro. Paint made up of combination of mineral, orche’s, burnt bone meal, char coal, mixed with blood, animal fat and tree shape. Shows some magical purpose. Cave painting contains non-figurative art or symbolic aliment.
Bison
Stag & Reindeer
Great Hall of Bulls
Bull, Red & Brown Horses
Red Bull
Swimming Stags
Two Bulls
Horse
Group of Bull, Horses, Stags
Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Food: Hunting and gathering Dwellings: Caves, nomadic people Technology: Digging sticks, spears, axes, & spoken language Religion & Art: Cave paintings, religious statues, belief in afterlife Food: Farming, domesticated animals Dwellings: Permanent villages, stone houses Technology: Stone tools, polished ax heads, arrowheads, weaving cloth, calendar, wheel Religion & Art: Jewelry, buried dead in earthen tombs
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