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MESOLITHIC

PERIOD
INTRODUCTION
TO
PREHISTORIC
The term "prehistory" can refer to the
vast span of time since the beginning of
AGE
the Universe, but more often it refers to
the period since life appeared on Earth,
or even more specifically to the time
since human-like beings appeared. In
dividing up human prehistory, historians
typically use the three-age system

•PALEAOLITHIC AGE
•MESOLITHIC AGE
•NEOLITHIC AGE
MESOLITHIC AGE
 https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/mes
olithic
 Based on the increase of technology of
microlith.
 The new technology allowed for an
increase in leather work and basketry.
 Tools were combined with others tools
and refined for hunting.
 All this new technology allowed for the
domestication of plants and animal.
Mesolithic Era

The Mesolithic Era is the


second era in the
triangle. They had new
tools but still used
stone. They introduced
bone tools, bow and
arrows, canoes and
Mesolithic Era
They are also known as the
Homo Erectus. Their name
means “ upright Man”. They
migrated to Asia and Europe.
They used advanced tools like
an ax. They also learned to
control fire.
CHARACTERISTICS OF MESOLITHIC
AGE
The start and end dates of the Mesolithic
vary by geographical region. It prevails that
the term generally covers the period
between the end of the Palaeolithic and the
start of the Neolithic. The times of these
events vary greatly; moreover, the various
Mesolithic within the span might be as short
as roughly a thousand years or as long as
roughly 15,000 years depending on the
circumstances. If the Mesolithic is more
similar to the Paleolithic it is called the
Epipaleolithic.
The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting
and gathering while in the Neolithic
domestication of plants and animals had
occurred. Some Mesolithic peoples continued
with intensive hunting. Others were
practising the initial stages of domestication.
Some Mesolithic settlements were villages of
huts. Others were walled cities.
Mesolithic
Characteristics
•Formation of forests after melting of ice caps
•Started to depends on rivers
Started domestication of animals

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