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Prehistoric Sites of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
Afghanistan Kara Kamar Kara Kamar is an upper Palaeolithic site in Afghanistan excavated by Carleton Coon in 1954. It was first site in South Asia whose artefacts were dated by carbon dating. It is a rock-shelter site located within the northernmost folds of the Hindu Kush Mountains. The tools obtained in this site are at ..
Topics: Mesolithic Sites in India • Neolithic sites in India • Paleolithic sites in India • Prehistory of India • Stone Age
Inventions of the Bronze Age
Inventions of the Bronze Age include making better tools. As long as man was dependent upon stone tools, he was limited in the kinds of work he could do. Stone tools and weapons broke easily. To make better tools, man needed a new, longer lasting material that could be molded more easily into different sizes ..
Topics: Mesolithic • Neolithic • New Stone Age • Plough • Potter's wheel • Stone Age • Tool • Wheel
Changes in Human Life in Mesolithic and Neolithic Age
The Palaeolithic age ended by around 8000 BC. After this, a new phase in man’s progress toward civilization started. This age is called Mesolithic (Middle Stone) or the Mesolithic period. Prior to this, the glacial ice retreated and the forests expanded to the north. Invention of Microlith During Mesolithic phase, some important inventions appeared. One ..
Topics: Mesolithic • Microlith • Neolithic • Palaeolithic age • Stone Age
Advances made by Man in New Stone Age
About 8000 B.C. another period in man’s progress toward civilization began. This was the Middle Stone Age, or the Mesolithic period. Before the beginning of this age, the glacial ice retreated and the forests expanded to the north. A few important inventions appeared. One was the microlith, a small, pointed blade of stone used for ..
Topics: Humanities • Hunting • Lithics • Mesolithic • Microlith • Museology • Neolithic • New Stone Age • Paleolithic • Prehistoric technology • Stone Age • Three-age system
How Stone Age Man Learnt Basic Skills?
Generally, the time span from about 2 million years ago to about 3000 BC is called the Stone Age, because it was a period when man made most of his weapons and tools of stone. The Stone Age is divided into three periods, the earliest of which is called the Old Stone Age, or Paleolithic ..
Topics: Humanities • Neanderthal • Neanderthal Man • Paleoanthropology • Paleolithic • Pleistocene • Prehistory of the Valencian Community • Stone Age