Question

Describe the traces of bones from the sites of Mehrgarh.

Answer 1

Traces of bones of various animals have been found at the site of Mehrgarh.
- It was probably one of the places where women and men learnt to grow barley and wheat, and rear sheep and goats for the first time in this area. It is one of the earliest villages that we know about.
- The evidence of many kinds of animals bones from the earliest levels has been found by archaeologists during excavation levels, which included bones of wild animals such as deer and pig.
- In later levels, they found more bones of sheep and goat and in later levels, cattle bones are most common.
- This implies that sheep, goat and cattle were reared by people in later period.