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Sarah Milledge Nelson: American archaeologist 1931 Sarah Parcak: American archaeologist and Egyptologist 1979 Selma Al-Radi: Iraqi archaeologist 1939-07-23 2010-10-07 Seodi White: Malawian lawyer, activist, feminist, anthropologist Setha Low: American anthropologist 1948-03-14 Shana Poplack: Canadian linguist Shannon Lee Dawdy
Burial clothing of the Egtved Girl, c. 1370 BC Prehistoric Woman by James Tissot (1895) A large amount of research on prehistory has been dedicated to the role of women in prehistoric society. Tasks typically undertaken by women are thought to have formed a major sexual division of labor in relation to child-rearing , gathering, and other ...
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (c. 3.3 million – c. 11,700 years ago) (/ ˌ p eɪ l i oʊ ˈ l ɪ θ ɪ k, ˌ p æ l i-/ PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), also called the Old Stone Age (from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old' and λίθος (líthos) 'stone'), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost ...
The names for archaeological periods vary enormously from region to region. This is a list of the main divisions by continent and region. Dating also varies considerably and those given are broad approximations across wide areas.
Second redigging of the Minnesota Woman site by the University of Minnesota, looking toward the west bank of the highway cut, unearthed in 1931. Minnesota Woman, also known as Pelican Rapids-Minnesota Woman (c. 5955 – c. 5939 BC), is the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old. [1]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Art of the European Upper Paleolithic includes rock and cave painting, jewelry, [12] [13] drawing, carving, engraving and sculpture in clay, bone, antler, [14] stone [15] and ivory, such as the Venus figurines, and musical instruments such as flutes.
Vedic Civilisation (1500–500 BC) – Janapadas (1500–600 BC) – Black and Red ware culture (1300–1000 BC) – Painted Grey Ware culture (1200–600 BC) – Northern Black Polished Ware