1. Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age)

2. period during which early humans began to control fire and develop language (11,000 – 6,000 B.C.) Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age)

3. DEVELOPMENT OF PAKISTAN SOCIETY. MESOLITHIC AGE PRESENTATION BY: Uzma Mushtaq MSc. GOS 1 st Semister.

4. Mesolithic Period Mesolithic Age - Middle Stone Age (11,000 – 6,000 BCE ) The name "Mesolithic" comes from two separate words, Mesos=Middle and Lithos=Stone. Mesolithic Age is a period of transition from Old Stone Age to the New Stone Age. .

9. MESOLITHIC HOUSE

11. You would find farming tools, such as a stone hoe, during this time period.

15. Mesolithic Age vegetation

18. Review – Prehistoric Art Three periods of Prehistoric Art . Paleolithic Art – Cave Paintings, Venus figurines. Mesolithic Art – Simple, no figures, only red used. Neolithic Art – Figures, Pottery and Megaliths.

19. Mesolithic Art: The rich art of the Paleolithic is replaced by a Mesolithic art with many changes in style as well as meaning. Paleolithic cave art depicts colored drawings and expressive features of animals. A full range of color is used. Mesolithic art in contrast is schematic; no realistic figures are present and only the color red is used.

20. Bowmen and Deer, Cliff Painting Los Caballos, Spain,10,000-9000 BC

21. period marked by the beginning of farming and the development of pottery and weaving (8,000 – 3,000 B.C.) Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)