11. Region/personality

1. The most important feature of the Neolithic period was the practice of agriculture adopted by the people. After beginning to construct mud wall using dried clay pieces they slowly started to settle along the banks of the river. The Practice of agriculture gradually allowed them to domesticate animals that are used for agriculture as wells as their consumption. These developments began during the timeframe of 10000BC – 5000BC. A region witnessed the first settled agricultural communities that were found in Mediterranean and Middle east areas which are roughly crescent-shaped. This area includes countries like Mesopotamia, Egypt, Armenia and Israel-Palestine region. Which is the region we are talking about?

 

 

2. The entry of an English Archaeologist changed the archaeological scene in Tamilnadu. where his methods of excavation and the findings he extracted from the sites garnered national attention which indirectly placed Tamilnadu as an important Paleolithic site. The Groundbreaking discovery was made in Pallavaram near Chennai in 1863. It was on a parade ground this Incident happened where he picked a “hand-axe” that was made with Quartzite, which was a Paleolithic tool that had never seen before in India. Who was that British Archaeologist who changed the scene of Tamilnadu?