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PREHISTORY

Culture vs. Civilization

 Refers to a variety of human endeavors: political, economic & social institutions, as well as values, religious beliefs, and the arts

 Refers to the way of life in a complex social structure: one that involves a structured political and economic system and embarks on technological, scientific, and artistic advancements.

Culture Civilization

Dating Conventions and

Abbreviations

B.C.=before Christ

B.C.E.=before the Common Era

A.D.= Anno Domini (the year of

our Lord)

C.E.=Common Era

c. or ca.= circa C.=century

 Approximately 2,000,000 to 10,000 B.C.E.

 The earliest cultural period

 The Old Stone Age

 Small social groups traveled in herds

 Hunters and gatherers

 The development of language

 Fixed gender roles

 Basic tools

 Ritual

“Man stands alone because he alone stands”

- Weston LaBarre, Anthropologist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvkwBmfZAeo

Hollywood vs. History

“The use of fire is the only open and shut difference between man and all other animals”

- Carleton Coon, Anthropologist

“Man is an animal that prays”

- The Epic of Man

Several thousand female figurines like these have been found…..

Why no males????

 Discovered in 1940

 15,000-10,000 B.C

 located in Southern France