The Early Humans Flashcards
Archaeologist and Anthropologist
Archaeologist can find out how the early humans made and used tools and lived in their habitat
The size shape of a bone and markings left by muscles help anthropologist learn how the early humans more and held tool
Dating techniques
Radiocarbon technique used for dating remains associated with all organisms
Thermolieminisense dating used for dating waste material such as pottery and Terracotta items
Potassium argon used for dating volcanic rock
Electrons when resonance dating used for dating bones and shell
Stone age
In the 19th century daenis scholar Christian j Thomson campus 3 system to study the human parts first is always stone age due to the production and use of stone tools the and date is when the first use of bronze was there the earliest global date for the beginning of the stone age is 2.5 million years ago in Africa
Chalcolithic age
The Neolithic age of followed by chalcolithic age this is distinguished by the use of stone and copper tools hence name chalcolithic age farming hunting and fishing where some of the occupations of the chalcolytic people crop such as wheat rice green peel and till green gram and black gram where grown
Megaliths
The practice of erecting megalith started around 3000 years ago
#People carefully put together to make burial side
#this practice work prevalent in the northeast Deccan Kashmir and South India
Paleolithic site in India ( hunsgi )
Paleolithic remains have been found in the hunsgi region in Gulbarga district Karnataka
#The site is situated on the banks of the Hunsgi river a tributary of the Krishna
#in one of the exavated sides huge granite blocks are found arranged across 63 square metres
Neolithic sites in India ( sarutaru )
Saro taru is a small town situated 25 km southeast of Guwahati
#this Neolithic site lies on the top of a small heel lock about 125 m high
#artefacts include retrieved from the side handmade pottery made of clay and quart particles have been found
Burzahome
Is located 16 km North East of Srinagar about 1800 m about sea level
#some traces of a bit houses that sheltered people from the cold
#other finds include then for different types of further for they were used for cooking food and storing things
Chalcolithic site in India ( inamgaon )
It is located on the right bank of river God a tributary of the Bhima it is well spirit side spread across 65 equals and consisting of five mounds forming a rough semi circle
Just large enough for the purpose and oriented in north south direction
Excavations have less than the gap between the calculator phase and the early historic period in India by almost 3 century