1)Why is the Mesolithic age is known as Microlithic age? 2)Write down the results of extensive hunting in mesolithic age. *Many animals became extinct .
*Man discovered new sources of food .
3)What could have been the uses of the tools in mesolithic age?
*To hunt animals by fastening to a pole.
*To cut the fleshes of animals
*For fishing
*To protect themselves from wild animals
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4)Mesolithic sites in India
a)Bagor(in Rajastan)
b)Adamgarh(in Madhya Pradesh)
5)What are the progress in human life during the mesolithic age?.
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Answer:
1 ) Mesolithic Age was a ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic Period with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic Period with its polished stone tools. It is also called Microlithic age as the tools used were chipped stone tools also known as microliths.
2) The Mesolithic hunter was able to exploit a wider range of animal and vegetable food sources as compared to Palaeolithic one. It was also the final period of hunter-gatherer cultures in Europe.
3) Scrapers were used for cleaning animal skins in the process of making leather. Burins were used for carving or engraving wood and bone, like a chisel. Blades were used as knives and microliths were tiny flints that were glued/fixed to wooden shafts to make arrows or spears for hunting.
4 )Bhimbetka rock shelters
Amchha Khurd
Adamgadh Hills
Hoshangabad
5)The Mesolithic Age was a transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The people of this age lived on hunting, fishing, and food gathering; later on they also domesticated animals.