Write 5 important characterstics about the Neolithic age ?
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Characteristics of Neolithic Age
The Neolithic Age saw the man turning into food producer from food gatherer. It also witnessed the use of pottery for the first time. People used microlithic blades in addition to tools made of polished stone. The use of metal was unknown.
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Important points related to the Neolithic Age
1. The time span of the Neolithic Age in India was around 7,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C.
2. The Neolithic Age was preceded by Mesolithic Age (9,000 B.C. to 4,000 B.C.) and succeeded by Chalcolithic Age (c.2100 to 700 B.C.).
3. The major crops grown were ragi, horse gram, cotton, rice, wheat, and barley. The people of this age domesticated cattle, sheep, and goats. They resided in pits near a lake side and had hunting and fishing economy.
4. The people used microlithic blades in addition to tools made of polished stones as well as bones. They used axes, adzes, chisels, and celts.
5. Pottery first appeared in this age and included grey ware, black burnished ware, and mat-impressed ware.
6. The Neolithic Age is significant for its Megalithic Architecture.
7. The people of this period lived in circular or rectangular houses which were made from mud and reed. At some places they lived in mud-brick houses.
8. They had common rights over property and led a settled life.
9. The Neolithic settlements have been found in North-Western part (Such as Kashmir), Southern part (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh), North Eastern frontier (Meghalaya), and Eastern part (Bihar and Odisha) of India.
10. Some of the important Neolithic settlements are Mehrgarh (located in Baluchistan, Pakistan), Burzahom (Kashmir), Gufkral (Kashmir), Chirand (Bihar), and Utnur (Andhra Pradesh).
11. The oldest Neolithic settlement in the Indian Subcontinent was Mehrgarh which is located in Baluchistan, a province of Pakistan.
12. Jarf el Ahmar and Tell Abu Hureyra (both in Syria) were the major Neolithic sites in Asia.
The Neolithic Age was succeeded by the Chalcolithic Age (c.2100 to 700 B.C.) which saw the use of copper; the first metal to be used at the end of the Neolithic Age.
List of the Upper, Middle & Lower Palaeolithic Sites in India
Origin of Neolithic Age
The Neolithic Age started in 9,000 B.C. in world context but in Indian context it was varying from 7,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C. In South India, the Neolithic settlements are generally considered to be around 2,500 B.C. old while the Neolithic sites discovered on the northern spurs of the Vindhyas are not older than 5,000 B.C. Some Neolithic sites found in parts of Eastern India and South India are only 1,000 B.C. old.