Pre-historic Flashcards
Location of the country
Geographical
Materials found
Geological
Background of the people
Historical
Spiritual tendencies of the people
Religion
Prevailing weather
Climatic
How people lived and governed
Social and political
Four great constructive principles
Columnar and trabeated
Arcuated system
Corbel
Cantilever
Supportive framework
Frames and trusses
Also known as the stone age
Pre-historic
Past/old
Paleo
Middle/between
Meso
Neo
New
Lith
Stone
Mega
Large/great
Also known as the old stone age
Paleolithic
Used stones and bones as instruments
Paleolithic
Also known as the middle stone age
Mesolithic
Fashioned stone tools like the bow
Mesolithic
Also known as the new stone age
Neolithic
Agriculture (wheat and barley)
Neolithic
Largest and most well preserved
Çatal Hüyük
No street and passageway
Neolithic village
Copper
Bronze age
Minoan period
Bronze age
Roman empire
Iron age
Earliest form of human settlement
Rock caves
Made tree barks animal skins, and plant leaves
Tents
One room for sleeping, eating, and socializing
Primitive dwelling
Joined logs
Hogan
Wooden poles
Wignam
Is similar to a beehive
Beehive hut
Harper snow blocks build up spirally
Igloo
Mud wall and roof of palms
Nigerian hut
Portable circular
Yurts
Upright stone
Menhir
Construct structure alone or together
Megalith
Two upright stones
Dolmen
Famous sites
Stonehenge
Combination of chromlect and dolmen
Stone circle
Typical linear arrangement of stone
Stone row
Passage grave
Barrow/tumulus