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Which of these are the chief difference(s) between Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures? 1. Hunting-gathering pattern of life was prevalent since Old stone age to Mesolithic and Neolithic 2. Domestication of animals, horticulture and primitive cultivation started only after the Neolithic period. 3. Mud brick houses were built instead of grass huts in the Neolithic phase.

Which of these are the chief difference(s) between Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures? 1. Hunting-gathering pattern of life was prevalent since Old stone age to Mesolithic and Neolithic 2. Domestication of animals, horticulture and primitive cultivation started only after the Neolithic period. 3. Mud brick houses were built instead of grass huts in the Neolithic phase. Correct Answer 1 and 3

The correct answer is 1 and 3.

Key Points

  • Hunting-gathering pattern of life was prevalent since Old stone age to Mesolithic and Neolithic. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
    • However, there seems to have been a shift from big animal hunting to small animal hunting and fishing.
    • This is how bows and arrows were used in this period.
  • Domestication of animals, horticulture and primitive cultivation started during Mesolithic period itself. Hence, Statement 2 is NOT correct.
  • However, during Neolithic period, domestication of sheep, goats and cattle was widely prevalent.
  • Cattle were used for cultivation and for transport.
  • During Neolithic age, wheels were used to make pottery. Pottery was used for cooking as well as storage of food grains.
  • During the Neolithic phase, the cultivation of plants and domestication of animals led to the emergence of village communities based on sedentary life.
    • There was a great improvement in technology of making tools and other equipments used by man.
    • Stone tools were now polished.
    • Mud brick houses were built instead of grass huts. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.
    • Large urns were used as coffins for the burial of the dead.
    • Wheat, barely, rice, millets were cultivated in different areas at different points of time. Rice cultivation was extensive in eastern India.
    • The people of Neolithic Age used clothes made of cotton and wool.

Q Source: Page 13-14: TN 11th Standard History Textbook

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