UNIT

ESSENTIAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 1 UNIT 8

Richmond

UNIT

BACK

Prehistory

ANIMATIONHOME CONTENTS ACTIVITIES AND CHARTS

ANIMATION

CONTENTS

ACTIVITIES AND CHARTS

LINKS

LINKS

CLOSE


Richmond

PREHISTORY

Contents

Palaeolithic Age

PREHISTORY AND EARLY HUMAN BEINGS

LIFE IN THE PALAEOLITHIC AGE

PALAEOLITHICTECHNOLOGY

BELIEFS AND ART

Neolithic Age

Metal Ages

LIFE IN THE NEOLITHIC AGE

NEOLITHIC TECHNOLOGY

LIFE IN THE METAL AGES

METAL AGE TECHNOLOGY

MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS

BACK CLOSE

Go to ALTAMIRA

Slideshow

Prehistory


LINKS


Richmond

Prehistory and early human beings

BACK CLOSE

Prehistory

ENLARGE

Timeline

ENLARGE

Animation: Atapuerca

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond

Prehistory is the longest period in human history. If we compare it with a day,Prehistory would last23 hours and almost 59 minutes.

Prehistory

HISTORY

PREHISTORY

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond

Early human beings

The evolution of human beings

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond

Animation: Atapuerca

BACK CLOSE


LINKS

OPENOPEN


Richmond

Life in the Palaeolithic Age

BACK CLOSE

Illustrated map

ENLARGE

Life on the savannah and on glaciers

ENLARGE

A Palaeolithic tribe

ENLARGE

Life in a cave

ENLARGE

Palaeolithic huts

ENLARGE

Mammoth hunting

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

The world around 20,000 years ago

Illustrated map


LINKS


Richmond


Fire

BACK CLOSE

Life on the savannah and on glaciers


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Stone tools were used.

A Palaeolithic tribe


LINKS


Richmond


Life in a cave

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Palaeolithic huts


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Mammoth hunting


LINKS


Richmond

Palaeolithic technology

BACK CLOSE

Bifaces and unifaces

ENLARGE

Arrowheads

ENLARGE

Stone instruments

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Stone instruments from Araña Cave, Málaga


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Bifaces: tool worked on both sides Unifaces: rough flake tools


LINKS


Richmond


Arrowheads

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond

Palaeolithic beliefs and art

BACK CLOSE

A painting of a deer

ENLARGE

A painting of a bison

ENLARGE

A prehistoric burial

ENLARGE

Paintingin theAltamiracaves

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond

Palaeolithic beliefs

BACK CLOSE

A prehistoric burial


LINKS


Richmond

Palaeolithic art

BACK CLOSE

scaffolding

torch

preparingthe paint

Painting in the Altamira caves


LINKS


Richmond

Palaeolithic art

BACK CLOSE

A painting of a deer in a cave, Huesca


LINKS


Richmond

Palaeolithic art

BACK CLOSE

A painting of a bison in the Altamira cave


LINKS


Richmond

Life in the Neolithic Age

BACK CLOSE

The Neolithic Age

ENLARGE

Neolithic huts

ENLARGE

A painting of cattle

ENLARGE

A Neolithic village

ENLARGE

Neolithic concept map

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

The Neolithic Age


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

palisade farmland animal pen

oven

storehouse clay and straw hutA Neolithic village


LINKS


Richmond


Clay and stone huts

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond


A painting of cattle in a cave, Levante

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond

Neolithic technology

BACK CLOSE

A Neolithic pot

ENLARGE

Neolithic pottery

ENLARGE

Polished stone axes

ENLARGE

A hand mill

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Polished stone axes


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

A hand mill


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

A Neolithic pot


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

1. Soft clay was modelled by hand.

2. Objects were decorated with geometric patterns.

3. Objects were fired in pits or fireplaces.

Neolithic pottery


LINKS


Richmond

Life in the Metal Ages

BACK CLOSE

A city in the Metal Ages

ENLARGE

Metal Ages Activity

ENLARGE

Metal Ages concept map

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond

Life in the Metal Ages

BACK CLOSE

A city in the Metal Ages


LINKS


Richmond

Metal Age technology

BACK CLOSE

A fibula

ENLARGE

A torc

ENLARGE

The wheel

ENLARGE

Weaving on a loom

ENLARGE

The plough

ENLARGE

A sword

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond


Weaving on a loom

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond


A fibula (brooch)

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond


A torc(necklace)

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond


A sword

BACK CLOSE

irongold


LINKS


Richmond

Metal Age technology: Inventions

BACK CLOSE

plough

oxen

The plough


LINKS


Richmond

Metal Age technology: Inventions

The wheel

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond

Megalithic monuments

BACK CLOSE

Menhir

ENLARGE

Dolmen

ENLARGE

Stone circle

ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Menhir


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Dolmen


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE

Stone circle


LINKS


Richmond

Activities and charts

BACK CLOSE

Prehistory timeline

ENLARGE

Comparison of cave art

ENLARGE


ENLARGE

Neolithic activity

ENLARGE

Metal Ages activity

ENLARGE


ENLARGE


LINKS


Richmond

Activity: Prehistory timeline

Copy the timeline.

Label the missing periods and add the dates.

BACK CLOSE

The evolution of human beings


LINKS


Richmond

Comparison of cave art

PALAEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC

Animals were represented. The paintings were realistic. Several colours were used

(polychrome painting).

People and animals were represented. The paintings were abstract. Tones of one colour were used

(monochrome painting).

BACK CLOSE


LINKS


Richmond


BACK CLOSE


LINKS

NEOLITHIC AGE

DISCOVERY OF AGRICULTURE

DOMESTICATED ANIMALS

Important technology Work became specialised.

People …

• worked the land

• raised cattle

• became artisans

Villages consisted of:

• defensive structures• clay and straw huts• animal pens• storehouses for grain

Three technical changes were:

• polished stone

• textiles

• pottery

People became sedentary.

End of the last ice age


Richmond


BACK CLOSE


LINKS

METAL AGES

Copper Age

Bronze Age

Iron Age

sail

plough

irrigation

canals

wheel

NEW ACTIVITIES NEW HABITATS NEW PROFESSIONS

PRIVILEGED SOCIAL CLASS

Trade Cities • traders• priests• warriors

• warriors• priests • wealthy people

Divisions Inventions

Discovery of metal working techniques


Richmond

Activity: Complete the sentences correctly.

domesticated.People built villages and became …

agriculture.Three important technical changes were …

sedentary.Goats, sheep, horses and dogs were …

polished stone, textiles and pottery.

The most important change was the discovery of …

BACK CLOSE


LINKS

NEOLITHIC AGE


Richmond

copper, bronze and iron.Villages turned into …

the wheel, the sail and the plough.New professions appeared, such as …

cities.The search for metals created new …

traders, priests and warriors.The most important inventions were …

trade routes.The metals used were …

Activity: Complete the sentences correctly.

BACK CLOSE


LINKS

THE METAL AGES


Richmond

Links

BACK CLOSE

Human evolution

GO TO WEBSITE

Human beginnings

GO TO WEBSITE


LINKS

UNIT

Documents

Transcript of UNIT