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Stone Age (1) Flashcards

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What is pre historic period

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Period when literary sources of History were not present, only archeological excavations

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Who started study of Indian Pre History

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Robert Bruce Foote

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Who is called the Father of India pre history

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Robert Bruce Foote

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Who discovered the first tool of Palaeolithic era in India

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Robert Bruce Foote

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What tool did Robert Bruce Foote discover

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Pallavaram Handaxe

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What is proto history

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On top of archaeological sources, Literary sources also present, but have not been deciphered yet

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Phases of Stone Age

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Paleolithic age
Mesolithic age
Neolithic age

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Time period of Paleolithic age

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2 million or 1 million BC to 10,000 BC

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Time period of Mesolithic age

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10,000 to 6000 BC

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Time period of neolithic age

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4000 to 1000 BC

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What were the tools and instruments used during Paleolithic age?

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Stones were used for hunting

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Describe the people of Paleolithic age

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They were hunters and food gatherers, with no knowledge of agriculture, housing and pottery

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Why were the people of Paleolithic age called Quartzite man?

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Stone tools used during Paeth age were made from a hard rock called quartzite which was unpolished and hence the name Quartzite man

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What sort of settlements did Mesolithic people live in?

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Semi permanent and temporary settlements

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What was the characteristic tool of the Mesolithic age?

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Microlith

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In what age did fishing start?

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Mesolithic age

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Which age initiated rock art

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The Mesolithic age

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In what age did domestication of wild animals start?

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It started during the Mesolithic age

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Which animals were domesticated during the Mesolithic age

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The first animal to be domesticated was a wild ancestor of dogs, followed by sheep, goats and cattle

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In what age did agriculture start?

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Started in the neolithic age with a group of hunters collecting wild crops

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How was cereals and grains grounded during the neolithic age

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They use stone mortars and pestals

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Time period of lower Paleolithic

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500,000 to 50,000 BC

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Time period of middle Paleolithic

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3,85,000 to 40,000 BC

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Time period of upper Paleolithic

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40,000 to 10,000 BC

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Where was the rare fossil of dickinsonia found and it belongs to which age?

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Found in Madhya Pradesh belonging to the middle Paleolithic age

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Name the two Important cultures of Lower Palaeolithic Age

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The soan culture where the deposits of pebble tools and choppers were found, belongs to lower Paleolithic

The Acheulian culture where the deposits of hand axe and cleavers were found, belongs to lower Paleolithic

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What is the important event that occurred during middle Paleolithic?

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It is the age of the Neanderthal man, also known as the early man

Middle Paleolithic age was named as Nevasa industry after the site of Nevasa in 1960 by HD Sankalia

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What is the important event that occurred during upper Paleolithic

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Homo sapiens appeared on the earth

Climate became less humid

Bone tools were started to be used

The first evidence of man ever belongs to this period (Narmada man)

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How did the population increased during the Mesolithic age?

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Since the climate got warmer, life expectancy increased

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People of which era believed in life after death

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People of the Mesolithic age, which is why they buried the dead with food items and other goods

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During which age was fire discovered?

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During the Mesolithic age

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The first human colonisation of the Ganga planes occurred during which age

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The Mesolithic age

33
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What is another name for neolithic age? And who gave it?

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V. Gordon Childe gave the name, neolithic revolution.

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When and how did agriculture start?

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Agriculture started during the neolithic age, with the use of sharp and poly neolithic tools, Cultivation of soil became easy.

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Agriculture started with which crops?

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The neolithic man started growing fruits and corn like ragi and horse gram.

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During which era did pottery start?

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It started during the neolithic age for the people first made pottery by hand and then with the help of potters wheel

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During what age was the wheel discovered?

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The late period of the neolithic age

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What type of pottery ware were the first that was created by the neolithic man

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They were mainly black burnished ware, grey ware, and Matte impressed ware

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How were the houses of the neolithic man?

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They were round and rectangular houses of mud and reed

40
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During what era did clothes were made?

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The neolithic men had the knowledge to make clothes, spin cotton, and weave wool

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What is the characteristic feature of Chalcolithic age

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The use of metals, first metal used was copper, Sometimes they used bronze.

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What is the timeline difference between Chalcolithic age and Harappan culture?

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Chalcolithic age largely applies to the settlements of Pre Harappan culture, but in various parts of the country, it appears after the end of culture

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What is the nature of settlements in Chalcolithic age and Harappan age?

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Chalcolithic age is primarily rural in nature whereas Harappan is primarily urban in nature

44
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What is the difference between Chalcolithic and Harappan culture based on the metals used?

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Chalcolithic age -> copper
Harappan age -> bronze

45
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In what regions did the people of Harappan age and Chalcolithic age stay?

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Chalcolithic-> Near Hilly land or Hilly River areas

Harappan culture -> floodplains of Indus

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Describe the pottery during the time of Chalcolithic age

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Black and red pottery

47
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Who did the people of Chalcolithic age
Worship

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Mother goddess depicting earth
And bulls related to religious cult

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Where were terracotta bulls found

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Malwa and Rajasthan sites

49
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How was the infant mortality rate during the Chalcolithic age?

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It was very high, evident from large burial of children

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Which sites are associated with Banas culture and what was the major findings?

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Banas culture associated with sites across Rajasthan, namely Ahar, Balathal and Gilund
Black and red ware poetry were found

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Which are the sites associated with Kayatha culture and what are its major findings

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Associated with sites across Madhya Pradesh like Chambal and its tributaries, mud plastered flooring were found in the houses, and chocolate coloured slipped ware were found

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What are the key sites associated with Malwa culture and its major findings

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Malwa culture is associated with Navadatoli site in Western Madhya Pradesh, it is the richest in terms of Chalcolithic ceramics, the Malwa ware is Coarse in fabric

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Describe the jorwe culture, its sites and major findings

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Associated with sites Inamgaon and Chandoli in Maharashtra, pottery painted black over red were found here

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Describe the Rangpur culture, its sites and its major findings

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Belongs to sites across Gheobar and Kalubhar Rivers in Gujarat, lustrous red ware and ochre coloured pottery were found

55
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What is the dating method used for organic materials like bones and wood?

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Radiocarbon dating also known as C-14 dating

56
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What is the dating technique used for inorganic materials like pottery?

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Thermoluminance method

57
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What is the dating technique used for dating of rocks?

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Potassium-Argon dating

58
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Which is the largest and the best documented Mesolithic site in India and where is it?

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Bagor situated on river Kothari in Rajasthan

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Which mesolithic site provides the earliest evidence of domestication of animals and where is it situated?

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Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh

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Describe the importance of Mahadaha site of Mesolithic Era

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Situated in Uttar Pradesh
Bone artefacts and weapons found
Man and Women found buried together at this site

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What is the importance of Langhnaj site in Gujarat, and Kaimur site in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

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Though pottery is absent at most Mesolithic sites, It was present in both of these sites.

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Pit dwelling is associated with which site, and of which era?

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Neolithic era
Burzahom in J&K
Gufkral in J&K

63
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Which site is associated with man and dog burial and which era?

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Neolithic era
Burzahom in J&K

64
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Which site is associated with graveyard in the house?

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Gufkral in J&K
Neolithic era

65
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Which sites are associated with ash mounds?

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5 sites in Karnataka of Neolithic Age
Piklihar, Brahmagiri, Maski, Takkalkota, Hallur

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Which site is associated with the proof of community food preparation?

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Budihal in Karnataka, belonging to Neolithic Age

67
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Which site has the oldest evidence of rice in the world?

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koldihwa and Mahagara (south of Allahabad)
Neolithic Age

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Which site is associated with all three faces of Paleolithic age along with Mesolithic and neolithic?

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Belan valley, which is located in the northern part of the Vindhyas and the middle of Narmada Valley

69
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Which is the site associated with houses built of sun dried bricks

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Mehrgarh (modern day Baluchistan, PK)

70
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Which site is the earliest neolithic site?

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Mehrgarh (modern day Baluchistan, PK)

71
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Where was the oldest known, natural pearl found?

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On the coast of Abu Dhabi in UAE
It is said to be of Mesolithic Age

72
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In which site were the remains of a chariot found and it belongs to which era?

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Daimabad (Maharashtra) belonging to Chalcolithic Age

73
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Earliest evidence of Man belongs to which era? And what is the name given to them

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They belong to Upper Palaeolithic Age and they were called Narmada Man

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