Chapter 1 Review

Men hunt; women gather and stay near camp→ men and women are equal

Small groups→ usually 20-30 people

Group decisions

Animism → belief that spirits inhabit/dwell in natural things and places

Earth mother-goddess→ represents fertility and nature

Life after death→ Neandertals

Early language/gestures

Only a few groups started to settle→ Jomon, Natufians, Chinook

Rigid stone tools/traps/fire

Clothing/shelters

Barter→ primitive form of commerce must have existed to provide needed materials

Larger groups than Paleolithic bc of greater food supply

Started forming villages→ farming and domestication of animals

Social classes

Highest: priests (could communicate with gods)

Next were strong warriors

Worshipped gods and goddesses→ earth mother goddess

Developed languages

Settlements

Cave paintings and art

More refined, polished tools

Bartered with other groups and individuals for resources they did not have