Paleolithic Age

PALEOLITHIC ERA
-Means “Old Stone Age”

-Paleolithic Era started around

2.5 million-10,000 B.C.E.
-with Homo Habilis making
stone tools
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HUNTER-GATHERERS:
1. Nomadic: migrated in search of
food, shelter and water
-animal migration & vegetation
cycles

Shelter
Shelter
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HUNTER-GATHERERS:
2. Invented the first tools, including
simple weapons
 PALEOLITHIC AGE HUNTER-
GATHERERS:
3. Learned how to make and use fire
4. Lived in clans
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HUNTER-
5.GATHERERS:
Developed oral
language
-What will a language enable?

6. Created “cave art”-

CroMagnon
CAVE ART
1. Most famous is located
in France at the Lascaux
Caves.
2. Found throughout
• Australia, Europe and the Americas.
3. May depict:
• Hunting & daily life
• Religious Rituals
• Their surrounding world
 Y OU B E TH E AR CH AE OL OG IS T:

ART
To Do:
• Research and examine the
art.
• What do you think the
images mean and represent
• What material did they
Use?
Altamira Bison
Hall of Bulls
Male figure with bird head and disemboweled
bison
Hand stencils
Gwion rock paintings