Prehistory for students

PREHISTORY

Paleolithic people went from one place to another. They were nomadic.

The Stone Age: the Paleolithic Period

They hunted and fished.

The Stone Age: the Paleolithic Period

They lived in caves or huts. They wore clothes made of animal skins.

The Stone Age: the Paleolithic Period

They discovered how to make fire.

The Stone Age: the Paleolithic Period

They made tools from stone, wood and animal bones.

The Stone Age: the Paleolithic Period

Paleolithic people produced artwork. It´s called cave painting.

The Stone Age: the Paleolithic Period

The second part of the Stone Age is called the Neolithic Period.

The Stone Age: the Neolithic Period

The beginning of agriculture and livestock farming

Neolithic people discovered how to cultivate plants from seeds. They cultivated crops and raised animals.

The Stone Age: the Neolithic Period

People became sedentary.

The Stone Age: the Neolithic Period

Some people were artisans. Other people worked as farmers.

The Stone Age: the Neolithic Period

This was the beginning of trade.

The Stone Age: the Neolithic Period

They made pottery, baskets, polished tools and figurines.

The Stone Age: the Neolithic Period

The Bronze and Iron Ages are the second part of Prehistory.

The Bronze and Iron Ages

In this period, people discovered how to make objects from metal. First, they used copper, then bronze and then iron.

The Bronze and Iron Ages

They melted metal to make objects. They made tools, jewellery and weapons from metal.

The Bronze and Iron Ages

Bronze and Iron Age people invented the wheel.

The Bronze and Iron Ages

People worked as farmers, artisans, metalworkers, soldiers and traders.

The Bronze and Iron Ages

Iberians

Celts

During the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Celts and Iberians lived in the Iberian Peninsula.

The Bronze and Iron Ages