Name the following:
1. Two Palaeolithic sites in India.
2. Two caves famous for prehistoric cave paintings.3. Three tools used in Palaeolithic age.
4. Two Mesolithic sites in India.
Answers
1. Important Palaeolithic sites in India
Lidder river Pahalgam , Kashmir.
Sohan valley Punjab,
Banks of River Beas, Banganga, Sirsa Haryana,
Chittorgarh and Kota, Rajasthan,
River Wagoon, Kadamali basins Rajasthan.
River Sabaramati and Mahi basins (Rajasthan & Gujarat),
Basins of river tapti, Godavari, Bhima and Krishna.
2. Prehistoric Cave Paintings
Magura Cave.
Cueva de las Manos.
Bhimbetka.
Serra da Capivara.
Laas Gaal.
Tadrart Acacus.
Chauvet Cave.
Kakadu Rock Paintings.
3.These tools were made from large and small scrapers, hammer stones, choppers, awls, etc. Hand axes and cleavers were the typical tools of these early hunters and food-gatherers. Tools used in Lower Paleolithic era were mainly cleavers, choppers, and hand axes.
4. Sites of Mesolithic Culture
Langhnaj in Gujarat,
Bagor in Rajasthan,
Sarai Nahar Rai, Chopani Mando, Mahdaha, and Damdama in Uttar Pradesh,
Bhimbetka and Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh,
Orissa,
Kerala, and.
Andhra Pradesh.