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· On the northern spurs of vindhyas in belon valley all the 3 phase of Paleolithic followed by Mesolithic & then by Neolithic have been found in sequence similarly also narmada valley
NEOLITHIC AGE
· IN the world context the new stone age began in BC 9000
· The only Neolithic settlement in the Indian sub-continent attributed to the 7000bc lies in mehgarh
· In other parts of India Neolithic sites are found near about 2500 BC
· People of this age used tools of polished stones
· The main instrument was stone axes
· Three main axes of Neolithic age according to type of axes are
1. north western
2. north eastern
3. southern
south Indian neothlic
· imporatan sites are maski and utnur
· the neothilic settler in pkhkihal were cattle header
· they use cattle for dung to use as fuel for fire
· they use stone axes and bladed
· the use of bone weapon is not found here
NORTH WEST
· kashmiri neothilic culture is distinguished by its
· a varity of bone and stone tools and complete absence of microlith dwelling pits
· important sites are burzahom & gufkral near srinagar
· they do hunting and fishing for there living
· they are also found some evidences of agriculture
· dogs were domesticated during this time
Neolithic age
