Middle Stone Age


 
 
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Middle Stone Age

    Middle Stone Age

  • The main sites of this period are Bagore, Pachpad Valley and Sojat (Rajasthan), Langhnaj (Gujara Akkhaj, Balsana, Vindhya and Satpura regionAdamgarh, Bhimbetka, Virbhanpur (West Bengal Karnataka's Sangankall and U.P.'s Sarainahar B Sarainahar R Lekhima, Morhana Pahad.
  • The main tools of this period were - miniature stone to (microlith) such as blades, crescent tools, side triangles, crescent and trapezoid tools, pointed tools
  • The people of this period were familiar with funera Along with human bones, dog bones have also be found.
  • The rock shelters of the Middle Stone Age are found from the Mahadev hills at Panchmarhi new)
  • The Mesolithic Period, or Middle Stone Age, is an archaeological term describing specific cultures that fall between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Periods. While the start and end dates of the Mesolithic Period vary by geographical region, it dated approximately from 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE.

    The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and gathering, but toward the Mesolithic period the development of agriculture contributed to the rise of permanent settlements. The later Neolithic period is distinguished by the domestication of plants and animals. Some Mesolithic people continued with intensive hunting, while others practiced the initial stages of domestication. Some Mesolithic settlements were villages of huts , others walled cities.

    The type of tool used is a distinguishing factor among these cultures. Mesolithic tools were generally composite devices manufactured with small chipped stone tools called microliths and retouched bladelets. The Paleolithic utilized more primitive stone treatments, and the Neolithic mainly used polished rather than chipped stone tools.

    Art from this period reflects the change to a warmer climate and adaptation to a relatively sedentary lifestyle, population size, and consumption of plants—all evidence of the transition to agriculture and eventually the Neolithic period. Still, food was not always available everywhere, and Mesolithic populations were often forced to become migrating hunters and settle in rock shelters. It is difficult to find a unique type of artistic production during the Mesolithic Period, and art forms developed during the Upper Paleolithic (the latest period of the Paleolithic) were likely continued. These included cave paintings and engravings, small sculptural artifacts, and early architecture.

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    Which of the following is also known as Microlithic period?

    Right Option : D
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    The evidences are found that the _____________ is the first animal who became familiar with humans.

    Right Option : C
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    The rock shelters of the Middle Stone Age are found from the ____________________.

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