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Primal and Archaic
Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Nomadic | Always moving |
Hunter-gatherers | Men hunt go where the food is, Women gather due to being children care takers |
Tribal groups | Their are families, all related |
Small-scale communities | No building or making of cities |
Egalitarian society | Everyone is equal in importance |
Collective identity | they all survive or dye together, no individual identity |
Oral culture | before letters or writing, not recording history |
Animism / ancestrism | all things have a life force, the whole world is alive |
AMH | anatomically a modern humans |
Nature-based worship | No buildings, worship in mountains, trees, sacred valleys |
Shamans | Medicine man, moves in between human and spirit realm |
Totemic bond with animals | Sacred "taboo" once a year spiritual, cant be used for normal services |
Oral myths | stories were told, no writing |
AD | After birth |
BCE | Before common era |
CE | common era |
BP | Before present |
Century | 100 years |
Millennium or K | 1000 years |
Primal | first in importance or order |
Archaic | its old but not as old as fist "primal", sacrifices begin here |
Sedentary agriculturalists | Stay in one place |
c. | Cerca "about" close to |