3_Neolithic Revolution_Glander_Cherokee
22 August 2013
MAIN IDEAS
SUPPORTING DETAILS
Hunting and Gathering
They spent most their time doing hunting games with
animals.
Settlements and Civilizations
The Neolithic Revolution is a major turning point in human
history.
Tools & Work
Work was divided between men and women, with the men
hunting game animals, and women gathering fruits,
berries, and other edibles. Tools such as, spears and axes
made from bone, wood, and stone.
New Discoveries
Humans began to cultivate crops and domesticate certain
animals. This was a change from the system of hunting
and gathering that had sustained humans from earlier
times.
Permanent Settlements
As a result, permanent settlements were
established. Neolithic villages continued to divide work
between men and women. However, women's status
declined as men took the lead in most areas of these early
societies.
New Technology’s
New technologies developed in response to the need for
better tools and weapons to go along with the new way of
living. Neolithic farmers created a simple calendar to
keep track of planting and harvesting. They also
developed simple metal tools such as plows, to help with
their work. Some groups even may have used animals to
pull these plows, again making work easier. Metal
weapons were developed as villages needed to protect
their valuable resources.
SUMMARY:
The Neolithic period was part of the Stone Age, a time period in which humans
primarily made tools and weapons out of stone, but also in later periods out of bone,
antler and shell. The Stone Age ended in about 3,000 BCE when people developed
metalworking technology. Tools in the Neolithic period became more sophisticated,
but the primary difference was the development of agriculture and sedentary lifestyles.
The development of agriculture, or farming, during the Neolithic period had a
tremendous effect on human society. Farming changed so many aspects of daily life
that scholars have often referred to it as the "Neolithic Revolution."