Tag: from hunting - gathering to growing food

In the absence of historical evidence, attempts were made to stir up the memories of the ordinary people to unearth details about various events. They were related to the past and present events. Many a time, these memories of the incidents had religious recognition too. 

Historians resort to oral descriptions to narrate the lives of ordinary people. The history created by such oral descriptions is called Oral History. 

Neolithic age is also known as agriculture revolution age since the discovery of agriculture took place in west Asia during this time.

The history of the common people was equally important and as such, writing about those who were uneducated and stayed away from knowledge centres posed a serious challenge. Hence, in the recent ages, study of history of common people has gained a lot of importance.

The first attempts at domestication of animals and plants were made during the Mesolithic Period. The first animal to be domesticated was the dog. The earliest evidence of domestication of animals comes from Adamgarh (M.P.) and Bagor in Rajasthan dated 5500 B.C. and 4500 B.C. respectively.

Hallur (in present-day Andhra Pradesh). Here evidence of grains of millets have been found.

Archaeologists have found traces of huts or houses at some sites. For instance, in Burzahom (in present-day Kashmir) people built pit-houses, which were dug into the ground, with steps leading into them. These may have provided shelter in cold weather.

Humans made remarkable technological progress during the Neolithic period. They became food - producers and started leading a settled life.People no longer depend on hunting , fishing and gathering . Agriculture and animal husbandary took care of their food, with agriculture expansion , early human beings needed pots in which they could store yheir food grains. They also needed pots for cooking , eating and drinking.Pottery was invented during this period.Animals like dogs , cats , cattle, sheep , camels , geese, horses and pigs started out as wild animals. But these animals were tamed out as wild animals.

All the animals that we keep as pet these days, such as dogs, cats , cattle , sheep, camels, geese, horses, and pigs, started out as wild animals. But these animals were tamed into quieter animals by our Neolithic ancestor. Humans benefited by the domestication of animals are as follows; Cows and goats gave them milk and meat , cattle also helped them in ploughing the fields and Dogs gave company and also helped in hunting.

Domestication is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals. Very often, plants and animals that are tended by people become different from wild plants and animals.