STS Stone Age

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STONE AGE

TECHNOLOGY • STONE AGE refers to a period of

time when the people made toolsand weapons mainly from stone.

• TECHNOLOGY refers to the ability of

Human ein!s to ma"e thin!s thatsustain them and !i#e them some$ontrol o#er their en#ironment.



STONE AGE TECHNOLOGY

• STONE AGE is di#ided into twoperiods%

Old Stone A!e& people were

NomadsNew Stone A!e& people began

to settle in one place



STONE AGE TECHNOLOGY • Needle and thread% from '()*** years a!o

In districts where warm clothing is necessary, Stone Age peoplestitch skins together with threads of tendon or leather thongs.For each stitch they bore a hole and then hook the threadthrough it.

The development of a bone or ivory needle, with an eye,speeds up the process immeasurably. The hole is now createdby the same implement which then pulls the thread through, inan almost continuous movement. Several are so thin as toimply the use of materials such as horsehair for the thread.



STONE AGE TECHNOLOGY • The bow and arrow% from '()*** years

a!o

The principle of the bow is discovered about 1,!!!years ago. "ows and arrows feature from that time,

no doubt both in hunting and warfare, in the regionsof north Africa and southern #urope. Stone Agetechnology is capable of producing sharp $int pointsfor the arrows, often with barbs to secure them inthe victim%s $esh.

ow found in +enmar"



STONE AGE TECHNOLOGY • The tools were #ery simple at ,rst. Stones were

used as hammers. Sharp -a"es of stone wereused to $ut plants or meat. Gradually) peoplebe!an to ma"e more $omple tolls from stone.




• /a"in! ,re% more than '*)***years a!o

Almost without e&ception Stone Age tribes, surviving intomodern times, have evolved in isolation their own methods ofmaking 're. It is likely that the same was true when all

humanity lived in the Stone Age.

The most common way of making 're is by friction,using a 're drill.

Another more sophisticated techni(ue involves $intand pyrite. The useful (uality of the naturally occurring mineralpyrite, or iron pyrites, is that it makes a spark ifstruck with a $int. If the spark is aimed into drytinder, blowing can achieve a $ame.



STONE AGE TECHNOLOGY • 0arm SystemAdvances in tool)making technology led to advancesin agriculture. And farming revolutioni*ed the worldand set prehistoric humans on a course towardmodernity. Inventions such as the plow helped in the

planting of seeds. Their food supply became muchmore certain. +ermanent settlements were soon tofollow. Animals were raised for food as well as to dowork. oats, for instance, were sources of milk andmeat.



These early farming tools date

back to around -,!!! yearsago. The a&e, bottom, wasused for clearing $int sickles,left, were used for harvestingcereal crops a $at rock androunded stone, center, were

used for grinding $our andperforated clay slabs, upperright, were probably used toventilate bread ovens.




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