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from bamboo, wood and mud, and thatched
now he settled near his fields. He needed to bring
them. He made huts near one another in close water from water bodies for his daily needs as
proximity and encircled them with prickly grasses. well as for farming. This required some pottery.
The fields, however, were located outside this
Moreover, now he grew food in abundance which
boundary. Now, he could grow food enough for needed to be stored for a longer duration.
his needs, so he had time for other activities, so However, the stone pottery was shallow and
community life started.
heavy, so it was inconvenient. He made pots from
Some rules of conduct had to be laid down, so the wood, but it could not store water. He put a layer
oldest man took the role of a leader and decided of clay over it, but it did not hold water. So he
the matters of conflict. However, in some cases, taught himself to make clay
the strongest person assumed the role of a leader. pottery and bake it in fire. This
pottery could hold his water
and store his grains. This was
the time when man could start
to learn how to make other
types of pottery for his diverse Neolithic pottery
needs.
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Early village Urn is a special container to hold the ash that is
Tools and Weapons left when a person was burnt after death.
Farming required a variety of Invention of Wheel
tools and the danger of wild The discovery of fire and the invention of the
animals had not yet finished wheel are two milestones of the Stone Age that
fully, so man needed tools have shaped the subsequent course of civilisation.
and weapons for different Man observed the rolling stones and logs and he
purposes. A great progress had some idea of the wheel. He used to pull his
was made in the tools and loads on a wooden sledge, but there were no
weapons during this period. Neolithic tools roads, so he needed a lot of energy for this. He
Besides, as man had more time at his disposal, he observed that the sledge could be moved more
needed tools for many other purposes too. So, the easily when it slid over a log of wood. This
art of making tools and weapons was developing. observation developed into the invention of the
The tools were still made of stone, but the wheel.
woodwork was coming into greater use. Tools
were being hefted in wood. Wooden handles
made handling tools easier. This helped in the
growth of carpentry, as these were used for cutting
trees and branches and making pots etc.
A progress was also seen in the type of weapons.
His new weapons were more effective and
sharper. He polished them to make them last
longer.
Pottery
Earlier man moved along rivers or valleys, but
Early Man on wheel cart
First Farmers and Herders
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