Question

The word 'Neolithic' is derived from the words :

• A. 'neo' (old) and 'lithos' (stone)
• B. 'neon' (light) and 'lithos' (rock)
• C. 'neophytos' (young) and 'litho' (clay)
• D. 'neos' (new) and 'lithos' (stone)

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 'neos' (new) and 'lithos' (stone)

NEOLITHIC AGE

• The age that used sharper and polished tools, implements and weapons is called the Neolithic Age (New Stone Age).

• The beginning of cultivation was the major progress in this period that dates around 8000 years back There was a change from food gathering to food production.

• Man began to cultivate and settle down in the river valleys. Gordon Childe, the historian, termed these changes as 'Neolithic Revolution'.

• "Man Makes Himself", and "What Happened in History" are famous works by Childe.

• Humans began to rear animals for food.

• They began a settled life for the purpose of cultivation and domestication of animals.

• Wheels were used to carry goods from one place to another.

• Edakkal is a major Neolithic site in Kerala.

• Walls and houses built of stone in the Neolithic Age were discovered from Jericho in Palestine.

• Jarmo in northern Iraq is an important site.

Features about the human life in the Neolithic Age :-

1. Engaged in farming

2. Developed shelters for permanent settlements

3. Tamed animals

• This is the period of radical change in human life;

• The word 'Neolithic' is derived from the words 'neos' (new) and 'lithos' (stone).

• Mehrgarh: The Neolithic Site in the Indian Subcontinent