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PREHISTORY
NEOLITHIC
PREHISTORY
1. NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION2. BIG CHANGES3. CONSEQUENCES4. ART
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The Neolithic Revolution.• Began about 10000 years ago
• What is a Revolution? “A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in political power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.
• GORDON CHILDE (an Australian archaeologist. 1892-1957 ) introduced this term refering to all the changes that took place during the Neolithic Age.
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
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The Neolithic Revolution.WHAT CHANGES?
• IT WAS A PROCESS THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE OVERNIGTH
• I T STARTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST ABOUT 10000 YEARS AGO
• IT HAPPENED ALSO IN OTHER PLACES LIKE CHINA OR LATIN AMERICA AT A LATER PERIODS IN TIME
• THE CHANGES WERE SO BIG THAT THEY LIVE ON WITH US TODAY
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
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The NeolithicRevolution.WHAT CHANGES?
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS AND
PLANTS = FOOD SURPLUS
POPULATION GROWTH
SPECIALISATION
VILLAGES….TOWNS…….
CITIES
SEDENTISM
TRADE
SSCURITY
GOVERNMENT
DISEASE
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The Neolithic Revolution. EFFECTS:
• DOMESTICATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
• HUMANS BECAME SEDENTARY
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
• Agriculture (wheat, rice, corn) • Farming (pigs, goats, sheeps, horses, dogs , cats and oxens) • FOOD SURPLUS
• Lived in settlements with fences and walls. • They built storehouses and animal pens• It started a URBAN REVOLUTION: first towns
and cities
MORE FOOD MORE POPULATION
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The Neolithic Revolution. EFFECTS:
• SPECIALISATION
• TRADE
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• New skilled professions were born such as tool-making, milling, pottery, weaving, and carpentry
• the Neolithic Revolution gave rise to rapid technological progress that continues unabated to the present day.
A new class of specialists emerged to facilitate the exchange of goods : the merchants. In many cases these people became enormously wealthy and powerful.
Inequality had arrived, and a whole new set of systems and structures would be required to deal with this.
SPECIALISATIONSOCIAL REVOLUTION
TRADE
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The Neolithic Revolution. EFFECTS:
• SECURITY
• GOVERNMENT
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• New security measures were required to keep unwanted people away from other peoples' possessions.
• Barriers and walls were constructed.• Another group of specialists, soldiers, emerged, either to
defend the property of the rich, or to attack others in order to achieve greater enrichment.
• Rules governing the rights of property ownership had to be devised and enforced, leading much later to the legal system as we know it today.
• A new political class emerged with close groups of advisors and experts to help maintain their position of privilege
• They raised taxes• Myths were invented to guarantee their exalted
position over many generations.
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Çatal Huyük. Turquía. 9000 years ago.First town. More than 10000 inhabitants
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The Neolithic Revolution. EFFECTS:
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
S E C U R I T Y
WALLS
SOLDIERS
LAWS
KINGS
TAXES
RULES
RELIGION AND MYTHS
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The Neolithic Revolution. Technical changes.
• AGRICULTURAL INSTRUMENTS : SCYTHES AND GRINDING STONES
• LOOM TO MAKE TEXTILES
• POTTERY, CLAY VESSEL TO STORE CEREALS AND BOWLS FOR COOKING AND EATING
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
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The Neolithic Revolution. Technical changes.
• AGRICULTURAL INSTRUMENTS : SCYTHES AND GRINDING STONES
• LOOM TO MAKE TEXTILES
• POTTERY, CLAY VESSEL TO STORE CEREALS AND BOWLS FOR COOKING AND EATING
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
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CAVE PAINTINGS.• MORE SCHEMATIC• HUNTING SCENES• MONOCHROME• IN ROCK SHELTERS
10.000 years ago NEOLITHIC AGE 7.000 years ago
Valltorta. CastellónLa Araña. Valencia
