PREHISTORY

THE NEOLITHIC

By Carmen Molina Povea – Bilingual Social Science Department.

13.000 years ago GLOBAL WARMING caused the temperature to increase

13.000 years ago

A lot of cold climate animals migrated or disappeared

11.000 years ago in the Near East

DOMESTICATION

1. ANIMALS

2. PLANTS

1.- Domestication of animals

In the paleolithic

In the neolithic

Hunting

Breeding cattle

Due to lack of animals people kept animals near their houses

First domesticated animals

Goats Sheep

Dogs & cats

Pigs

HorsesCows

2.- Agriculture

In the paleolithic

Gathering

In the neolithic

Farming

First species

THE NEAR EAST

EUROPE

WHEAT

ASIA

RICEAMERICA

CORN

AFRICA

MILLET

People became sedentary

People lived near cultivated areas in little hamlets

Invention of pottery

New containers to cook & store

NEW TOOLS

SICKLE

GRINDING STONES

HANDAXE

WEAVINGLOOMS

NEW MATERIALS

TEXTILES

POTTERY

NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

A CHANGE IN LIFEBreeding cattleAgriculture

POTTERYSEDENTARISM

TO BE CONTINUED...