STONE AGE Hunters And Gatherers Early Stone Age

STONE AGE

Hunters And Gatherers Early Stone Age people hunted with sharpened sticks. Later, they used bows , arrows and spears tipped with flint or bone. People gathered nuts and fruits and dug up roots. They used nets and harpoons to fish. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire. They used animal skins to make clothes and shelters. After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat. But the next day they had to start finding food again

When The Stone Age Began For England, the Stone Age lasted from the beginning of human prehistory, though people probably only started permanently settling here around 12, 000 BC until about 2, 500 BC or so when people started making tools from bronze.

Art And Sculptures Part 1 Stone Age Britons made necklaces and bracelets from tusks, bones and shells. They also drew patterns on their bodies, using a kind of paint made from ochre (a type of red clay). People living in caves decorated their walls with pictures of animals. Carvings found on cave walls show giant bulls, stags, horses, bison and birds.

Art And Sculptures Part 2 This work of art was found in a cave at Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire. It was made around 12, 000 years ago. The Stone Age artist used a sharp stone to scratch the outline of a horse onto a piece of bone

What Where Homes Like In The Stone Age They were made primarily from mud and brick, which are bricks made of sun-dried mud. At the beginning of this period, the homes were usually only had one room, but by the end of the stone age they often had seven rooms.

What They Ate They rarely ate nuts and berries. They sometimes ate fruits and vegetables. They mostly ate meat.