Prehistoric Mass Division
Age Of Earth
In studying the history of culture we must first study humans as producers of culture itself, for that we need to review the chronicle of the earth. According to the Geology of time in the world is divided into ages as bereikut;
1. Archaeikum; age of the oldest, kiara lasted about 2,500 million years. At the end of this era seems a life bit by bit.
2. Paleozoic; mid-life era, lasted about 140 million years. At this time the animals experienced a very rapid perkembanagan
3. Neozoikum or Kainozoikum; time of new life, lasted about 60 million years ago until now. This era is divided into;
A. Tertiair, the periods in which the emergence of primates funds menyurupai ape man.
B. Quatair, in this era appear human. This era is divided into;
1. Diluvium / Pleitocen, lasted approximately 600,000 years, this era is also called the ice age.
2. Alluvium / Holocen, lasted about 20,000 years. These days there are people who are considered to be the ancestors of mankind.
Prehistoric Boundaries.
The beginning of the culture is the beginning of the prehistoric era, while the prehistoric era will be ended when the existence of a written statement to us, and then replaced with the era of history, so is the study of prehistoric humans as well as the civilization of the era since the beginning of human history until the era. at age 5 AD, our nation entered a period of history because there has been a written statement in the form of inscriptions that came to us. A nation will not be directly moved from prehistory to history, but there is a smooth transition so-called proto history.
The division of Prehistoric Times.
The division of prehistoric menurut Archaeology (the study material results from past cultures), which is based on material in the form of relics of human culture itself. Relics, among other things, stone and metal.
Stone Age;
1. Paleolithikum (old stone); characteristics are his tools work roughly.
2. Mesolithikum (middle stone); characteristics are people already reside.
3. Neolithikum (stone age); cirri-character is from the stone tools are finely worked and people are able to grow crops.
Metal Age
1. Copper Age, in contemporary humans make tools with copper base material.
2. Bronze Age, in this age people are getting alloy derived from copper and tin are more strongly to make their tools.
3. Iron Age, in this era people have been able to smelt iron from iron ore to be poured into their tools. (End of prehistoric times)