Tag: evs - ii

The Old Stone Age developed in the Pleistocene Age.  The Old Stone Age or the Palaeolithic humans were also known as quartzite humans because they used a hard stone called quartzite to make their tools. There are three categories of stone tools; Core tools, used for pounding and crushing , Flake tools, designed for scraping and slitting and Blade tools , used for slicing and engraving. The Old Stone humans used tools made of wood and bone also. But it is the stone tools which have survived.

The Mesolithic Age was a transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. It had the characteristics of both the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The people of this age lived on hunting, fishing, and food gathering while at a later stage they also domesticated animals. The bow and arrow, invented either late in the Paleolithic period or in the Mesolithic period, served hunters and fighters until the firearm took its place. Probably during Mesolithic times, wild dogs, such as jackals, attached themselves to human settlements.

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.

The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age extending from 4000 BC to 2500 BC. Man began to cultivate which is suggested by archaeological evidence across Asia and Europe. Settled villages had been firmly achieved in the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and spread towards Indus valley in India.

Edakkal cave is situated at Ambukuthi Hills in Sulthan Bathery is in Wayanad district, Kerala. The rock engravings of Edakkal cave is 3000 to 6000 years old. It is the only known place for stone age carvings in South India. The contain drawings range over periods from the Neolithic as early as 5,000 BC to 1,000 BCE.

The term Neolithic Period refers to the last stage of the Stone Age extending from 4000 BC to 2500 BC. Archaeological evidence indicates that the transition from food-collecting cultures to food-producing ones. Man began to cultivate which is suggested by archaeological evidences across Asia and Europe.

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. These were probably habitation-cum factory sites. In some of the other, smaller sites, there is evidence to suggest that tools were made. Some of the sites were close to springs. Most tools were made from limestone, which was locally available.

The stone tools are more durable than tools made of wood and bones.