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Write a short note on stone tools that were used by hunter-gatherers.

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nstructions:

  1. List put the materials that were used for making stone tools.

  2. Large stone tools and its uses.

  3. Small stone tools and its uses.

Solution:

  • The tools that were used by hunter-gatherers were made from stones.

  • They also used bones and wood along with it in order to make these tools.

  • In the beginning they used to make these tools by carefully breaking the edges of the tool with the help of another stone.

  • These tools were used for hunting, cutting flesh and for digging earth.

  • After several thousand years, they began to make fine pieces from hard stone. These pieces were called ‘microliths’.

  • These microliths were attached to wooden or bone handles and were used as knives and arrows.

  • These tools were used for cleaning the skin of animals, stitch clothes out of the skin and to cut meat and bones.


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