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Prehistoric groups lived before written records were kept, while historic groups lived during periods with written records. Prehistoric groups relied on oral traditions and archaeological evidence for insights into their cultures and activities, while historic groups have documented records providing detailed information about their societies, beliefs, and daily lives.
The suffix in the word prehistoric is "ic" meaning like, of, or pertaining to.
Prehistoric: when writing has not been invented and no records were kept Historic: when writing started and records were kept
Answer this question… What innovation made early civilizations historic rather than prehistoric?
historic. pre is the prefix.
Answer this question… What innovation made early civilizations historic rather than prehistoric?
Only a very few of the whole prehistory contains the modern man.
Some key historic periods in archaeology include the Paleolithic (pre-10,000 BCE), Mesolithic (10,000-5,000 BCE), Neolithic (5,000-2,000 BCE), Bronze Age (3,000-1,200 BCE), Iron Age (1,200 BCE-500 CE), and Classical Period (500 BCE-476 CE). Prehistoric periods are further divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods before the advent of written records.
No such thing as Prehistoric art. They communicated by drawing on rocks. They built things as altars. But since we know about it, it's not prehistoric, it's historic.
An archaeologist is a person who studies historic and prehistoric peoples and their cultures.