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Which is a major Neolithic site In Kerala?

AKumarakom Wetlands

BEdakkal Caves

CTheyyam Ritual Sites

DPunnamada Lake

Answer:

B. Edakkal Caves

Read Explanation:

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


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