short note on chalcolithic age
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The period of human culture preliminary to the Bronze Age, characterized by the use of copper and stone tools. The Chalcolithic Period is generally recognized only for Europe and central and western Asia. Also called Copper and Stone Age. See Note at Three Age system.The Chalcolithic or Copper Age is the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. It is taken to begin around the mid-5th millennium BC, and ends with the beginning of the Bronze Age proper, in the late 4th to 3rd millennium BC, depending on the region.
Painted pottery is the most distinguishing feature of all Chalcolithic cultures. The Kayatha culture is distinguished by a sturdy red-slipped ware painted with designs in chocolate color, a red painted buff ware, and a combed ware bearing incised patterns.
•Chalcolithic Age (or Stone-Copper Age) was the period of human culture preliminary to the Bronze Age and was the first metal age of India which saw the use of copper along with the stone.
•It is the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
•In India, it spanned around 2000 BC to 700 BC.
•People of the Chalcolithic Age survived on hunting, fishing, and farming
. They were mostly rural and lived near hills and rivers.
•Different types of potteries were used by the people of the Chalcolithic phase. The specialty of the Chalcolithic culture was wheel-made pottery mostly of red and orange color.