STS Flashcards
- organized knowledge of the natural world
- A Human Cultural Activity ( scientists, philosopher, and savant)
SCIENCE
An artifact or hardware (tools, machines, products)
TECHNOLOGY
Three-Age System (Christian jurgensen Thomsen)
STONE AGE
BRONZE AGE
IRON AGE
Three under of Stone Age
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
MESOLITIC PERIOD
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
Three under of PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
is period of weapons made of stone, wood, bone or some other materials aside from metals.
STONE AGE
He subdivided Stone
Age into Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods.
JOHN LUBBOK
He termed the
“Mesolithic” period
JOHN ALLEN BROWN
Longest phase of human history
PALAEOLITIC PERIOD
- Development of stone tools
- Australopithecus
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
Neanderthal Man- Cave men
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PEROID
Homo sapiens
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD
First man-made
dwellings they can bring and resemble anywhere
PITHOUSES
transitional period
MESOLITHIC PERIOD
A small STONE TOOL attached to spears and arrows during the stone age
MICROLITHS
development based on agriculture
NEOLITHIC PERIOD
SMELTING – process known for
metal extraction from ore
BRONZE AGE
began when SMELTING PITS made sufficient advancement to produce higher temperatures
IRON AGE
Acupuncture, chinese papermaking, fuedal system
MIDDLES AGES (DARK AGES)
Earth is the center of Universe
PTOLEIMIC COSMOLOGY
Universe is divided into two
- Earthly Realm
- Higher Celestial one
ARISTOTELIAN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
Three PRE-COLUMBIAN
AMERICA
MAYAN
AZTEC
INCAS
365 days, pyramid- made of
limestone
MAYAN