History of Material Culture

Material culture can be examined in prehistory, antiquity, classical and medieval times, modern times, and the future.

   

History

The history of miscellaneous artifacts, communications technology, transportation technology, clothing, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be examined.

Prehistory

During early prehistory, it is believed that hominids used stone weapons and tools. but the details are not well known. During middle prehistory, various elements of modern human material culture can be identified. Details of late prehistory are lacking at present.

Antiquity

Details of the 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, and 3rd millennium BC are also lacking. The 2nd millennium BC including the early 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, mid 2nd millennium BC, early mid 2nd millennium BC, and early 2nd millennium BC can be connected. The early 1st millennum BC including the 10th century BC, 9th century BC, 8th century BC, 7th century BC, and 6th century BC can be connected..

Classical and medieval history

Early classical times including the 5th century BC, 4th century BC, 3rd century BC, 2nd century BC, and 1st century BC can be connected. Late classical times including the 1st century CE, 2nd century CE, 3rd century CE, 4th century CE, and 5th century CE can be connected. Early medieval times including the 6th century, 7th century, 8th century, 9th century, and 10th century can be connected. Late medieval times including the 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, and 15th century can be connected.

Modern history

The 16th century including the early 16th century, early mid 16th century, mid 16th century, late mid 16th century, and late 16th century can be connected.

The 17th century including the early 17th century, early mid 17th century, mid 17th century, late-mid 17th century, and late 17th century.

The 18th century including the early 18th century, early mid 18th century, mid 18th century, late mid 18th century, and late 18th century can be connected. .

In the 19th century, there was rapid change through the early 19th century, early-mid 19th century, mid 19th century, late-mid 19th century, and late 19th century.

Material culture in the 20th century has changed rapidly through the early 20th century, the early-mid 20th century, and the mid 20th century. I lack detail for the late-mid 20th century including the early 1960s, late 1960s, early 1970s, and late 1970s.

The late 20th century including the early 1980s, late 1980s, and early 1990s. The late 1990s can be connected.

The early 21st century can also be connected. This includes developments of the early 2000s including 2001, 200s, 2003, 2005, and 2005. Some elements can be followed in the late 2000s, including 2006 during the first quarter, second quarter, and third quarter, and 2007 down to the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, and fourth quarter. 2008 including the first quarter with January, February, and March, second quarter with April, May, and June, and third quarter with July, August, and September can also be considered. The fourth quarter including October and November can also be connected. 2009 can be connected. 2010 including the first quarter 2010, second quarter 2010, and third quarter 2010 can be connected. The fourth quarter 2010 including October 2010 and November 2010 can be considered. December 2010 including 2010 week 49, 2010 week 50, 2010 week 51, 2010 week 52, and 2010 week 53 can be connected.

The early 2010s can be connected. 2011 can be connected. The first quarter 2011 can be connected.

January 2011 can be connected. 2011 week 1, 2011 week 2, 2011 week 3, 2011 week 4, 2011 week 5, and 2011 week 6 can be connected.

February 2011 including 2011 week 6, 2011 week 7, 2011 week 8, 2011 week 9, and 2011 week 10 can be connected.

March 2011 including 2011 week 10, 2011 week 11, 2011 week 12, 2011 week 13, and 2011 week 14 can be connected.

The second quarter 2011 including April 2011 can be connected. May 2011 including 2011 week 19, 2011 week 20, 2011 week 21, 2011 week 22, and 2011 week 23 can be connected. June 2011 including 2011 week 23, 2011 week 24, and 2011 week 25 can be connected.

The third quarter 2011 including July 2011, August 2011, and September 2011 can be connected.

Future

Developments of the near future including next month, next quarter, and next year are obscure. The middle future including the next 5 years, next 20 years, next century, and next 5 centuries can be connected. The far future including the next 2 milennia, next 10,000 years, next 50,000 years, next 200,000 years, next million years, and beyond the next million years can be coneected.


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