Stone Age important topic
Stone Age important topic
Stone Age important topic
We will learn
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picture The Stone Age and its
What does the following periods:Palaeolithic,
class.
show? Discuss in Mesolithic, Neolithic,
Chalcolithic
The Bronze Age
Historians have divided time into various stages starting from the time life appeared
onthe Earth. The period from the beginning of life till writing was invented is called
pre-history. This phase is divided into three stages--Stone Age, Bronze Age and
Iron Age.
Tools D
the earliest
Archaeologists have found some of d
by Old Stone Age
stone tools made and used
probably
humans. Some of these tools were
Used to cut meat and bone,
chop fruits, dig
the ground to collect edible roots
wOod. Some may have been used to
and to chop
Sites
Making fire
Fact Corner
Archaeologists have found traces of ash in the Kurnool caves in Andhra Pradesh. This shows that
people were familiar with the use of fire.
Tools
The Neolithic tools were well shaped and
polished to give a fine cutting edge. They were
They
made up of stone, wood as well as bone.
were used for grinding grain and other plant
produce.
However, at the same time, tools of the
Palaeolithicand Mesolithic Age were also being
made and used. Tools of the Neolithic Age
Fact Corner
rearing sheep and goats in Indian
The earliest evidence of growing barley and wheat, and
subcontinent has come from Mehrgarh, in present-day Pakistan.
Sites
Subcontinent. Some
Archaeologists have found anumber of Neolithic sites in the Indian
of the important ones are at Mehrgarh in
Pakistan, Burzahom in Kashmir, Koldihwa
grains and bones of domesticated
in Uttar Pradesh and Chirand in Bihar. Evidence of
animals have been found from these places.
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Life agriculture, raising livestock, and
upon
people of this period were dependent there was widespread use of copper
Ihe
fishing for their food. During this age artefacts and utensilsfor daily
hunting and tools and weapons. Many
for making
along with stones
copper.
usage were also made of
Tools
hooks, chisels, pins,
Swords, knives, axes, fishing
tools made of copper
and rods were the common
by the Chalcolithic people.
Sites
in Karnataka, Kurnool in Andhra
Brahmagiri
and Navdatoli in Madhya Pradesh Chalcolithic tools
Pradesh copper
in India where
are some of the sites
implements have been found.
BC- 1,200 BC)
The Bronze Age (2,000
Bronze Age, humans learnt to use
During the
more advanced ways. They learnt to
metal in
tin with copper and that is how bronze
combine made of
formed. Tools and weapons were A bronze-age axe
stronger than those made
was
bronze as they were
stone. Many artefacts and utensils
of copper or made of bronze.
usage were also
for daily
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The use of copper along with stone for making tools and weapons marked the beginning of
the Copper-Stone Age or Chalcolithic Age.
The Chalcolithic Age was followed by the Bronze Age. During this age, human beings learnt
tocombine tin with copper to produce bronze.
During the Bronze Age, tools and weapons were made of bronze as it was a stronger and
harder material than copper or stone.
Words to Know
nomadic: life style of people who have no fix home
rearing:to care for young animals until they are able to care for themselves
civilization: the society, culture,and way of life of aparticular area.
domestication: the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.
farming: the growing of crops over a piece of land.
herding: the act of bringing individual animals together into a group (herd), maintaining the
group, and moving the group from place to place-or any combination of those
weaving: amethod of in which two distinct sets of threads are interlaced at right angles to form
a fabric or cloth.
pit-house: a house that is at least partly below the ground.
artefact: an object made bya human being, typically one of culturalor historical interest.
Exercises
(A. Write (T) for true and (F) for false sentences.
1. The Stone Age has been further divided into four periods.
2. During Palaeolithic Age, people led asettled life. F
3. Mesolithic people lived in caves and rock shelters.
4. Early humans burnt leaves with the sparks of fire.
Mesolithic Age.
5. Human beings learnt to grow crops during
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