1. Neolithic Revolution

2. Neolithic Revolution Prehistory = Old/New Stone Ages
Old Stone Age  Paleolithic Period (2million B.C. to 10,000 B.C.
New Stone Age  Neolithic Period (10,000 B.C to end of Prehistory

3. Old Stone Age Nomadic, small groups of hunters and gatherers
Beginnings of workforce division
Live off the land
Tools, weapons, shelter
Wood, bone, stone
Fires - ??????
Language – why? What purpose?
Water travel

4. Old Stone Age Religion Bury dead with care Bury w/ tools, weapons, ect
Significance?
Bury w/ tools, weapons, ect
Animism – belief in spirits
Cave paintings = rituals

5. New Stone Age Produce food Domestication
What is significant about this?
Domestication
Plants and animals
Dog was first
Goats, sheep, pigs, cattle, llamas, alpacas
Yams, millet, rice, squash, ect.

6. Earliest Villages Catalhuyuk, Turkey Jericho 6500 people
Few soccer fields in size
Few thousand people there

7. New Stone Age Life Men begin to dominate Differences in wealth
Decision making
Warriors = prestige
Differences in wealth
Calendar
Animals and plows
Work specialization
Use of clay and cloth