a system followed in the study of human civilization where scholars categorized artifacts and events recognizably and chronologically based on the tools and weapon implements found

it marks the beginning of "history"

was a sophisticated method of chipping flint to make tools

most critical and dominant tool-making tradition of the Paleolithic era

archeological evidence describes the appearance of the first tool-making mammals in this period

this culture tools had signature oval and pear-shaped hand axes 

earliest art by Stone Age Man dating back to the Acheulean Culture

the Acheulean were the first to experience fire as a result of

this culture revealed a growing improvement in cognitive ability - something illustrated by Neanderthal Man's success in hunting large mammoths, an activity that required much greater social organization and cooperation.

Stone Age dwellings were based primarily on the availability of materials and functionality

 images made by chipping away on the surface of the rock or cave face, likely with the use of a stone tool such as a chisel. 

aka petrograms, are images made by the application of natural pigments extracted from the soil or ground-up stone, with the use of either hand, spitting, or a stick-stylus onto the rock surface.

denotes small-scale objects that are transportable, often in the form of carved figurines

general term used to describe statuettes of women found to belong to the Upper Paleolithic and were carved from various materials

 denotes all art found within the interior environs of caves. The term encompasses cave paintings, etchings, engravings, as well as relief sculptures.

works that project from but which still belong to the wall or other types of background surface on which it is carved

was the first functional art to emerge during the Upper Paleolithic

a magico-religious system characteristic of hunter-gatherer tribal society, a system that provides a group with its identity that depends upon a certain intimate and exclusive relationship towards a particular animal or plant

a religious practice where there is communication with good and evil spirits through a professional class of priest-seers, and thus associated with archaic techniques of ecstasy

What ability do shamans NOT have:

was used to pacify the dead

thought to assist the procreation of useful species by depicting pregnant females or animals of the opposite sex in pre-coupling scenes.

a type of sympathetic magic wherein weapons painted on animals were used as talismans to guide the hunters’ aim

based on the belief that there is a relationship between resembling objects

transitional era between the ice-affected hunter-gatherer culture and the farming culture