Chapter 1: Investigating the Past
Essential Question: How do social scientists interpret the past?
In this chapter, you learn how social scientists investigate the past by using clues they find to form hypotheses.
Detectives Who Study the Past
Social scientists might be archaeologists who examine artifacts that people have made and left behind, historians who study the written records that people began to leave in the last few thousand years, or geographers who look at the natural and human-made features of Earth. Cave Art Caves have provided clues to the past for social scientists. Cave paintings and sculptures thousands of year old have been found all over the world. Artifacts also have been discovered in caves. The art and artifacts provide information about how people lived long ago. Cave Art Tools Cave artists used sharp stones to grind colored minerals into powder. They mixed the powder with animal fat to create paint.They may have used moss, fur, hollow reeds, or their own hair as paintbrushes. |
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