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Chapter 2
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- 1Hunter Gatherers moved from place to place... WHY ??1. Staying at one place means eating up all resources of that place.
2. Animals moved from place to place - those who hunted followed them.
3. Trees bear fruits in different seasons- so seasonal movement of people
4. Rivers are seasonal too- so people on banks of such river moved in search of water
5. To meet friends and relatives - 2Sites1. Places where remains of things were found
2. Two types of sites found.
3. Factory Sites : where chips of stones or discarded stone tools were found
Habitation-cum-Factory sites : Sometimes ppl lived in factory sites for a longer period of time. Such sites were h-cum-f sites - 3Making Sone tools1. Stone on Stone
2. Pressure Flaking - 4Kurnool caves1 Traces of ashes were found
2. Means people were familiar with use of fire - 5Changing Environment 12,000 yrs ago1. Due to sudden warming temperature grasslands developed
2. Animals eating grass increased like deer, antelope
3. People followed them; learnt rearing
4. During this time grain bearing grasses like rice wheat barley automatically grew in parts of subcontinent
5. People collectted them and observed their growing & ripening season; leant farming
6. Fishing became important - 6Stone Age1. Palaeolithic Age
2. Mesolithic Age
3. Neolithic Age - 7Palaeolithic1. Extends from 2 million yrs ago to about 12,000 yrs ago
2. Palaeo - old; Lithos - stone
3. Divided into Lower, Middle, Upper Palaeolithic - 8Mesolithic Age1. Began about 12,000 yrs ago till 10,000 yrs ago
2. Environmental changes began
3. Tools generally called microliths - 9Neolithic Age1. From about 10,000 yrs ago
- 10Ostrich1. Found in India during Palaeolithic period
2. Egg shells found in Patne, Maharashtra - 11Hunsgi1. No of Palaeolithic sites found ere
2. Most tools made of limestone, which was locally available
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