EARLIEST PEOPLE Flashcards
WHY HUNTER GATHERERS MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE?
1 ATE ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES.
2 ANIMALS MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
3 TREES BEAR FRUIT IN DIFFERENT SEASONS.
4 SOME RIVERS WERE SEASONAL.
ENUMERATE PALEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE) SITES?
PRESENT DAY LOCATION?
BHK AASS
1 BHIMBETKA (MADHYA PRADESH)
2 HUNSGI (KARNATAKA)
3 KURNOOL CAVES (ANDHRA PRADESH)
4. ADAMGARH HILL IN NARMADA VALLEY
5. ATTIRAMPAKKAM NEAR CHENNAI
6. SOAN VALLEY AND POTWAR PLATEAU (NORTHWEST INDIA)
7. SHIWALIK HILLS (NORTH INDIA).
ENUMERATE NEOLITHIC SITES?
AND PRESENT LOCATION?
MMC Delhi High BP & Koch’s. KUMB
1. MEHRGARH (PAKISTAN)
2. MAHAGARA (UTTAR PRADESH)
3. CHIRAND (BIHAR)
4. DAOJALI HADING (ASSAM)
5. HALLUR (KARNATAKA)
6. BURZAHOM (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
7. PAIYAMPALLI (TAMIL NADU)
8. KOLDIHWA (UTTAR PRADESH)
9. KODEKAL (KARNATAKA)
10. UTNUR (ANDHRA PRADESH)
11. MASKI (KARNATAKA)
12. BELAN VALLEY IN UTTAR PRADESH.
ENUMERATE MEGALITHIC SITE?
PRESENT LOCATION?
BAN
1. BRAHMAGIRI (KARNATAKA)
2. ADICHANALLUR (TAMIL NADU).
3. NAGARJUNAKONDA (ANDHRA PRADESH).
4. HALLUR AND MASKI IN KARNATAKA.
EARLY VILLAGE IN ANCIENT INDIA?
INAMGAON (MAHARASHTRA).
THINGS FOUND AT BURZAHOM?
1 PIT HOUSES WITH STEPS.
2 COOKING HEARTHS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
3 LENTILS.
4 BODIES BURIED WITH DOG.
THINGS FOUND FROM MEHRGARH?
1 FERTILE PLAINS NEAR BOLAN PASS.
2 COTTON AND SPINDLE WHORLS.
3 SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR HOUSES (FOUR OR MORE COMPARTMENTS).
4 WHEAT AND BARLEY.
5 SHEEP AND GOAT.
6 BURIAL SITES (DEAD PERSON BURRIED WITH GOATS).
WOMEN AND MEN LEARNT TO GROW WHEAT AND BARLEY AND REAR SHEEP AND GOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THINGS FOUND IN DAOJALI HADING?
1 MORTARS AND PESTLES.
2 JADEITE (STONE FROM CHINA).
3 FOSSIL WOOD (WOOD THAT HAS HARDENED INTO STONE).
4 POTTERY.
DAOJALI HADING IS NEAR BRAHMPUTRA VALLEY.
HOOF MARKS ON CLAY SURFACES WAS FOUND IN?
MAHAGARA.
GRAINS AND BONES FOUND FROM CHIRAND?
1 GREEN GRAM
2 OX etc
GRAINS FOUND IN KOLDIHWA?
RICE ETC
GRAINS AND BONES FOUND IN HALLUR AND PAIYAMPALLI?
MILLET AND PIG ETC.
PLACES WHERE STONE WAS FOUND AND PEOPLE MADE TOOLS WERE KNOWNS AS?
FACTORY SITES.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIVED HERE FOR LONGER SPELLS OF TIME SO CALLED HABITATION CUM FACTORY SITES.
THINGS FOUND IN BHIMBETKA?
CAVES AND ROCK SHELTERS.
IT WAS A HABITATION SITE.
TECHNIQUES OF STONE MAKING IN ANCIENT INDIA?
1 STONE ON STONE- CORE STONE (FROM WHICH WEAPON WAS MADE)
HAMMER STONE
2 PRESSURE FLAKING- CORE STONE PLACED ON A FIRM SURFACE. HAMMER STONE USED ON A PIECE OF BONE OR STONE TO REMOVE FLAKES.
KURNOOL CAVES FINDINGS?
TRACES OF ASH HAS BEEN FOUND MEANS FIRE WAS USED.
MAJOR CHANGE IN CLIMATE IN ANCIENT TIMES OCCURRED AROUND?
12000 YEARS AGO.
LED TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
SEVERAL GRAIN BEARING GRASSES INCLUDING WHEAT, BARLEY AND RICE GREW NATURALLY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SUBCONTINENT.
EXTENT OF PALEOLITHIC PERIOD?
1 IT EXTENDS FROM 2 MILLION YEARS AGO TO ABOUT 12000 YEARS AGO.
2 DIVIDED INTO LOWER, MIDDLE AND UPPER PALEOLITHIC.
3 COVERS 99% OF HUMAN HISTORY.
EXTENT OF MESOLITHIC PERIOD?
12000 YEARS AGO TILL 10000 YEARS AGO.
ALSO CALLED MIDDLE STONE PERIOD.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES OCCURRED IN THIS PERIOD.
SMALL STONE CALLED MICROLITHS FOUND DURING THIS PERIOD.
EXTENT OF NEOLITHIC PERIOD?
FROM ABOUT 10000 YEARS AGO.
OSTRICHES WERE FOUND IN INDIA DURING WHICH PERIOD?
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD.
OSTRICH EGG SHELLS WERE FOUND AT PATNE MAHARASHTRA. DESIGNS WERE ENGRAVED ON SOME PIECIES WHILE BEADS WERE ALSO MADE OUT OF THEM.
HUNSGI FINDINGS?
1 HABITATION CUM FACTORY SITE.
2 MOST TOOLS WERE MADE FROM LIMESTONE WHICH WAS LOCALLY AVAILABLE.
WHAT IS AUROCHS IN ANCIENT TERMS?
AN OLDER WILD FROM OF CATTLE.
WAS COMMON TO EUROPE.
NOW EXTINCT.
