Month: March 2025

Neolithic Revolution – The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, leading to permanent settlements and population growth.

Domestication – The process of selectively breeding plants and animals for human use.

Hunter-Gatherers – Prehistoric societies that relied on hunting animals and gathering wild plants for subsistence.

Neolithic (New Stone Age) – The period when humans transitioned to farming, domestication of animals, and permanent settlements.

Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) – A transitional period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic marked by advancements in tool-making and subsistence strategies.

Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) – The earliest period of prehistory characterized by stone tools and hunter-gatherer lifestyles.

Prehistory – The period of human history before the development of writing systems.

Prehistoric Archaeology – The branch of archaeology that studies human societies before the existence of written records.

Backfilling – The process of refilling an excavated site after investigation to preserve its integrity.