Hunsgi


 
 
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Hunsgi

A closer look- Hunsgi: Hunsgi is a town in the Shorapur taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka. A number of early Palaeolithic sites were found here. At some sites, a large number of tools, used for all sorts of activities, were found. Most tools were made from limestone, which was locally available. A number of early Old Stone Age sites were found here. At some sites, a large number of tools, used for all sorts of activities, were found. These were probably habitation –cum factory sites.

The period of human history from around 500,000 BCE to 4,000 BCE, when humans used mainly stone tools, is known as the stone age. The stone age is further divided into the old stone age or the Palaeolithic age, the middle stone Age or the Mesolithic and the new stone age or the Neolithic age. The period of transition,or change , from the use of stone to the use of metals is known as copper –stone age or the chalcolithic age. Humans used both stone and metal during the Chalcolithic age.

Since the stone age was a period before humans learnt to write ,our knowledge of this period comes from artefacts-bones ,tools,weapons,cave paintings and pottery.These remains are unearthned and studied by archeologists.

 
 


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