Question

Paleolithic mesolithic neolithic chalcolithic age in india

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Paleolithic mesolithic neolithic chalcolithic age in india

Explanation:

• Palaeolithic age was the earliest period of history. The word palaeolithic is made up of Greek words ‘palaeo’ meaning old and ‘lithos’ meaning stone. Thus, it represented the Old Stone Age on the basis of the stone tools that were found during this time. This period extended from 2 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago. It was divided into Lower, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic age and covered 99% of human history. Palaeolithic sites have been found in India near Hunsgi, Bhimbetka and Kurnool.
• The Mesolithic age refers to the period of human development. It occurred between the Paleolithic and Neolithic age.The period covered about from 12,000 years ago up to 10,000 years ago.3This period had the longest human history i.e. 99% of the generation of humankind was covered in this period.During this period small stone tools were used, known as microliths.

Environmental changes were gone through in this age. E.g. studies showed that the ice age ended in this period.

• Neolithic period was characterised by using sharp edged polished tools like axe heads, adz heads, chisels, and gouge.

b. Mortars and pestles were used for grinding. All of the tools were made of stone.

c. The main type of stone used was flint which is a hard stone found in limestone and chalk.

d. This period also witnessed permanent settlement by human beings in villages, a beginning of a more settled life.

e. People learned to domesticate animals, started engaging in farming, began to raise crops.

f. People began to pursue crafts like pottery , weaving.

• The Chalcolithic period or Copper Age, is a phase of the Bronze Age in which the addition of tin to copper to form bronze during smelting remained yet unknown by the metallurgists of the times. The Copper Age was originally defined as a transition between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.