Subject-History Class Vi

DR.
SONEY LAL PATEL PUBLIC SCHOOL, KANPUR
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SUBJECT- HISTORY CLASS VI
DR. SONEY LAL PATEL PUBLIC SCHOOL, KANPUR
VI - HISTORY
2. FROM HUNTING – GATHERING
TO GROWING FOOD
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Hunted animals, birds

and caught fish
Lived near
water sources Gathered food like
HUNTER -
like river and nuts, roots, fruits,
GATHERER seeds leaves,
caves
stalks and eggs
Made tools of stone

wood and bones
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In search of food as they would finish

the food in one place
Hunting animals moved from place to

place following these animals
Searching for seasonal plants and

fruits they moved
In search of water they moved
• Seasonal rivers
• Perennial rivers
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These stone tools were used to:

cut meat and
bone, scrape bark (from
trees) and hides
(animal skins),
chop fruit
and roots.
Digging the ground

to collect edible
roots.
Stitching clothes
made out of animal
skin.
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Some may have been

attached to handles of
bone or wood, to make
spears and arrows for
hunting.
Other tools were used to

chop wood, which was
used as firewood. Wood
was also used to make
huts and tools.
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Many sites were located

near the sources of water
like rivers and lakes
They lived in
places where
good quality
stone was
available
CAVES
BHIMBETKA – in MP,
an old site with caves Sheltered from–
and rock shelters and rain,
is close to Narmada heat &
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Making fire
Discovery of FIRE
Kurnool caves
– ashes found
people
Protect from cold familiar with
fire
Roast food
Scare animals
Get light
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TIME LINE
Mesolithic period (12,000 to
10,000 years) Middle Stone
Paleolithic period Age
(2 million to 12,000 (microlithic)
years) Old Stone major environmental
Age longest age changes occurred this time.
Greek word: paleo Neolithic period

= old lithic = stone (10,000 years ago)
New Stone Age
3 periods
* Lower,
* Middle &
* Upper
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Beginning of Farming and Herding
Beginning of agriculture
Found grains like wheat

and barley
Observed their growth when

they grew and ripened
Led them to think and

started growing plants
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Beginning of Farming and Herding
Animals
were tamed
These
animals were
protected by DOG – 1st
other wild animal to
animals be tamed
Sheep, goat,
cattle & Attract and
sometimes tame animals
pigs lived with to come near
them in herds shelters
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Domestication
• Domestication is the name given to the
process in which people grow plants and
Domestication look after animals.
• People select plants and animals for
domestication.
• That are not prone to disease.

• That yield large-size grain,
• Have strong stalks,
Plants • Capable of bearing the weight of the ripe
grain.
• Seeds from selected plants are preserved
and sown to ensure that new plants (and
seeds) will have the same qualities.
• That are relatively gentle are selected for

Animals breeding.
• That are not prone to disease.
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WAYS IN WHICH
GRAIN WAS USED
AS SEED
AS FOOD
AS GIFTS
STORED FOR FOOD
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As grain had to be stored for both food
and seed, people had to think of ways of
storing it.
Animals are reared and can be used as a
‘store’ of food.
Storing food in pots
They dug pits to store food.
They wove baskets also for storing grains.
Animals multiply naturally and is an important

source of food, they provide milk, and meat,
whenever required.
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Burzoham
Burzahom was the first Neolithic site to be discovered in

Birch trees Kashmir. Burzahom means, place of birch. Burnt birch
found in the excavations showed that birch trees must have
been common in the area in the Stone Age. The earliest
Neolithic homes at Burzahom were pits dug below ground
level using stone tools.
Pit houses
Pit houses
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Burzoham
Archaeologists have found traces of huts or houses at some sites. For

instance, in Burzahom (in present-day Kashmir) people built pit-houses,
which were dug into the ground, with steps leading into them. These may
have provided shelter in cold weather.
Archaeologists have also found cooking hearths both inside and outside
the huts, which suggests that, depending on the weather, people could
cook food either indoors or outdoors.
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Burzoham
You will notice a number of blue squares.

Each marks a site from where archaeologists
have found evidence of early farmers and
herders. These are found all over the
subcontinent. Some of the most important
ones are in the north-west, in present-day
Kashmir, and in east and south India.
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Burzoham
To find out whether these sites were settlements of farmers and herders,
scientists study evidence of plants and animal bones. One of the most exciting
finds includes remains of burnt grain. (These may have been burnt
accidentally or on purpose).
Scientists can identify these grains, and so we know that a number of crops
were grown in different parts of the subcontinent. They can also identify the
bones of different animals.
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Stone tools have been found from many sites as well. Many of these are
different from the earlier Palaeolithic tools and that is why they are called
Neolithic. These include tools that were polished to give a fine cutting edge,
and mortars and pestles used for grinding grain and other plant produce.
Mortars and pestles are used for grinding grain even today, several thousand
years later. At the same time, tools of the Palaeolithic types continued to be
made and used, and remember, some tools were also made of bone.
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People began
using pots for
POTS cooking food,
Decorated grains like rice,
Cooked food wheat and
Stored food lentils (important
Store things diet)
Besides, they began weaving cloth,

using different kinds of materials,
for example cotton, that could
now be grown.
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Living and dying in Mehrgarh

Location:
a fertile plain,
near the Bolan Pass,
the most important
routes into Iran.
people learnt to grow
barley and wheat, and
rear sheep and goats for the
first time in this area.
It is one of the earliest village. Bones of wild animals
such as the deer and pig,
and also bones of sheep
and goat were found.
Other finds at Mehrgarh include

remains of square or rectangular
houses. Each house had four or more
compartments, some of which may
have been used for storage.
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Living and dying in Mehrgarh

When people die, their relatives
and friends generally pay respect to
them.
 People look after them, perhaps

in the belief that there is some form
of life after death.
Burial is one such arrangement.

Several burial sites have been found
at Mehrgarh.
 In one instance, the dead person

was buried with goats, which were
probably meant to serve as food in
the next world.
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• The painting is from a cave in France.

• This site was discovered by four
school children more than a hundred
years ago.
• Paintings like this were made between
20,000 and 10,000 years ago.
Animals such as:

• wild horses,
• aurochs (an older,
wild form of cattle),
• bison,
• woolly rhinoceros,
• Reindeer
• bear,
• These paintings were done on These colours were
ceremonial occasions. made from minerals
• or for special rituals, performed like
by hunters before they went in ochre or iron ore, and
search of prey. charcoal painted in
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DR.

SONEY LAL PATEL PUBLIC SCHOOL, KANPUR

Hunted animals, birds

Made tools of stone

In search of food as they would finish

Hunting animals moved from place to

Searching for seasonal plants and

These stone tools were used to:

Digging the ground

Some may have been

Other tools were used to

Many sites were located

Greek word: paleo Neolithic period

Beginning of Farming and Herding

Found grains like wheat

Observed their growth when

Led them to think and

Beginning of Farming and Herding

• That are not prone to disease.

• That are relatively gentle are selected for

GRAIN WAS USED

STORED FOR FOOD

Storing food in pots

They dug pits to store food.

They wove baskets also for storing grains.

Animals multiply naturally and is an important

Burzahom was the first Neolithic site to be discovered in

Archaeologists have found traces of huts or houses at some sites. For

You will notice a number of blue squares.

Besides, they began weaving cloth,

Living and dying in Mehrgarh

Other finds at Mehrgarh include

Living and dying in Mehrgarh

 People look after them, perhaps

Burial is one such arrangement.

 In one instance, the dead person

• The painting is from a cave in France.

Animals such as:

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