Mesolithic Age

Mesolithic Age

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  INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC AGE The term"prehistory" can refer to the vast span of time since the beginning of the Universe, but more often it refers to the period since life appeared on Earth, or even more specifically to the time since human-like beings appeared. In dividing up human prehistory, historians typically use the three-age system •PALEAOLITHIC AGE •MESOLITHIC AGE •NEOLITHIC AGE
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  MESOLITHIC AGE  Secondperiod in human history.  Based on the increase of technology of microlith.  The new technology allowed for an increase in leather work and basketry.  Tools were combined with others tools and refined for hunting.  All this new technology allowed for the domistication of plants and animal.
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  Mesolithic Era The MesolithicEra is the second era in the triangle. They had new tools but still used stone. They introduced bone tools, bow and arrows, canoes and pets.
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  Mesolithic Era CONT. They arealso known as the Homo Erectus. Their name means “ upright Man”. They migrated to Asia and Europe. They used advanced tools like an ax. They also learned to control fire.
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  CHARACTERISTICS OF MESOLITHIC AGE Thestart and end dates of the Mesolithic vary by geographical region.It prevails that the term generally covers the period between the end of the Palaeolithic and the start of the Neolithic. The times of these events vary greatly; moreover, the various Mesolithic within the span might be as short as roughly a thousand years or as long as roughly 15,000 years depending on the circumstances. If the Mesolithic is more similar to the Paleolithic it is called the Epipaleolithic. The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and gathering while in the Neolithic domestication of plants and animals had occurred. Some Mesolithic peoples continued with intensive hunting. Others were practising the initial stages of domestication. Some Mesolithic settlements were villages of huts. Others were walled cities.
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  Mesolithic Charactritics •Formation of forestsafter melting of ice caps •Started to depends on rivers •Started domestication of animals
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