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Exploring Neolithic Societies: A Quiz on Cultural Advances and Practices

This quiz explores the cultural, social, and technological advances of Neolithic societies, including agriculture, domestication, and the archaeological significance of various sites.

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1 [19] However, Neolithic societies were noticeably more hierarchical than the ________ cultures that preceded them and Hunter-gatherer cultures in general[21][22] The domestication of animals (c.

2 Until the findings in Tell Qaramel are adopted within the archaeological community, sites in the Levant (Jericho, Palestine & Jbeil (________), Lebanon) that goes back to around 9500 to 9000 BCE.

3 Padah-Lin Caves in ________, ca 11000 BCE

4 At Çatal höyük, houses were ________ and painted with elaborate scenes of humans and animals.

5 [17] Recently another site near the confluence of the ________ and Yamuna rivers called Jhusi yielded a C14 dating of 7100 BCE for its Neolithic levels.

6 What does the following picture show?  Map showing distribution of some of the main culture complexes in Neolithic Europe, ca. 4500 BC   Anthropomorphic Female Neolithic clay figurine   Reconstruction of a Cucuteni-Trypillian hut, in the Tripillian Museum, Ukraine.   Food and cooking items retrieved at a European Neolithic site: millstones, charred bread, grains and small apples, a clay cooking pot, and containers made of antlers and wood.

7 Pengtoushan culture in ________, 7500 – 6100 BCE

8 What does the following picture show?  Clay Figure from 4900 - 4750BC depicting a piece of Furniture   A Neolithic artifact from Romania.   The Archaeological Site of Çatal Hüyük in the Konya Plain in Turkey   Reconstruction of Neolithic house in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

9 It was also important to figure out ways of preserving food for future months, such as fashioning relatively airtight containers, and using substances like ________ as preservatives.

10 ________ was domesticated, and animals were herded and domesticated (animal husbandry and selective breeding).

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Ness of Brodgar archaeological site in Orkney includes the remains of a large building described as a Neolithic "cathedral".
  • the Michelsberg culture of Neolithic Central Europe is known for its tulip-shaped pottery (pictured).
  • the rock gong was a neolithic musical instrument made out of dolerite that would resonate with a metallic tone when struck with a small igneous stone.
  • the The Bull Ring is a henge that was built in the late Neolithic period near Dove Holes in Derbyshire.
  • the island of Pseira, off the coast of Crete, has an archaeological history from the end of the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, with Minoan ruins being the most studied.
  • the history of writing began in the 4th millennium BC out of neolithic proto-writing.
  • one of the Stone Age Lancken-Granitz dolmens (entrance pictured) was used as a shelter by the East German army.
  • Jingning County, in Gansu, People's Republic of China, is one of the seats of Chinese civilization, with a history dating back to the Neolithic era.
  • Jabal Amman is one of the seven original hills that Amman, Jordan was built on during the Neolithic period.
  • Tell Halaf in Syria contains the archaeological remains of a Neolithic culture characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs.
  • according to local tradition, on Midsummer's Eve the capstone of the Neolithic St Lythans burial chamber (pictured) in Wales spins round three times, then all the stones bathe in a nearby river.
  • in 2006, a descendant of the 17th century Hebridean chieftain who once fortified himself in Stac Dhòmhnaill Chaim (pictured), scaled the stack and found a piece of possibly Neolithic pottery.
  • Gavrinis, an island in the Gulf of Morbihan off the coast of Brittany, France, has a rich abundance of megalithic art from the New Stone Age.
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