Terms and Timelines in Archaeology
I probably should have posted this first, but after looking back at some of my posts I figured that it might help to have a short list of the vocal and timelines used in Archaeology, and therefore this blog.
Lithic - From Greek for stone, in archaeology it refers to a tool being made of stone, or in reference to a culture for the era in which it only has access to stone tools, simple or composite, often split into two main eras.
Composite tools - a tool made of one or more material.
Paleolithic - (literally ancient stone), it refers to the earliest use of stones as tools by humans, even including Homo erectus, to as late as relatively advanced knowledge of stone carving techniques, shown with a handful of sculptures made during this time period.
Neolithic - (literally new stone), refers to an era where a culture begins to rely primarily on domesticated food sources, frequent and widespread use of ceramics, to the beginnings of metallurgy, which directly leads to the Bronze Age.
Bronze Age- while popularly used to signify the pride of history from Mesopotamia to the early Greek people, it now has a different time period for most cultures, and similar to the paleo and neolithic, refers to a stage in a cultures technological development where they harness copper and bronze.
Iron Age - Same as before, an era of technological development in a culture where they begin to use tools made of iron.
Ancient history - After their Iron Age, most cultures begin to record much of their culture, entering recorded history, and many western cultures from history in popular culture were at their peak in this time period, such as the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans.
Venus Figurine - A figurine modeled after the female body, frequently with selective exaggerations of the breasts, belly, and vulva.
Cave Art - Art painted with the mineral ochre onto the walls of caves, likely painted by blowing through a hollow bone.
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