Neolithic

Neolithic

1. Neolithic village

   • Villages were located on high ground next to rivers. They were usually protected by walls and ditches.
   • Homes were built of adobe (mud and straw) or bricks.The roofs were made of branches and straw.They were rectangular or circular and contained a main room with a fireplace,and a second room used as a storeroom
   • The domesticated animals were dogs, sheep and pigs.
   • The first crops were cereals (wheat, barley,rye) and pulses (lentils,peas).
   • Villages were self-sufficient,however, there is evidence that they trated goods with other communities.
   • Neolithhic peolple dug silos in the ground to store grain

2. Food production and sedentary life.

   • People in the Neolithic age learnt from nature that new plants grew from buried seeds. this was the origin of agriculture.
   • Observing the behaviour of animals led to their domesticacion. People began to breed animals in captivity,which was the beginning of livestock farming.

3. New tasks and new tools

   • New agricultural tasks led to the invencion of specialised tools such as the hoe and the axe. The need to store, transport and cook food led to the development of pottery, made from mud that was dried in the sun or baked in a kiln.

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