The clan society: Late Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Make a table of inventions for the three periods (Late Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic).
Late Paleolithic: dwellings, clothing, fire; Mesolithic: bow and arrow, the dog; Neolithic: pottery, weaving, farming.
2
Imagine an excavation of a Neolithic settlement: what finds might appear?
Pottery fragments, polished stone tools, microliths, traces of adobe walls, spindle whorls.
3
How did the end of the Ice Age change human life? Write 3–4 sentences.
The climate warmed, game animals changed, people made the bow and tamed the dog; later farming and herding began.
4
Locate Mesolithic and Neolithic sites on a map: Obishir, Machay, Zarautsoy.
Obishir — Fergana Valley foothills; Machay — Surkhandarya region (southern Uzbekistan); Zarautsoy — a gorge in Surkhandarya.