Josh Michnick

Foundations of tech
Unit 1
Lesson 1
Exploration

Mesolithic Age (10,000BC-4,000BC)

The first invention I would like to talk about are scrapers. Scrapers
where used in the early Mesolithic era to remove bones and fat from animal
skins. This allowed the early people to use the animal skins to form clothes
and build tents out of them. They also used the scrapers, once they were
dulled down, to sharpen weapons or even other scrapers. Scrapers allowed
the Mesolithic man to build much warmer structures to protect themselves
from the hostile environment. The building of tents also brought around the
beginning of serious settlements as opposed to the nomad style of before.
The clothing allowed Mesolithic man to travel farther through harsher
terrains allowing them to settle on more bountiful land and to hunt wild
creatures for a lot longer. It also allowed them to survive through the winter
much easier. Socially, as stated previously, the scraper allowed the creation
of tents which brought about the foundation of basic settlements and
communities. Which led way to the begging towns such as Mesopotamia.

The second invention is the Microliths. Microliths where small pieces of

flint sharpened to be used as arrow heads or spear heads. This gave
Mesolithic man the ability to strike down animals and bring them home at a
much faster rate. It also allowed Mesolithic man to protect the settlements
that were beginning to be formed. Socially these weapon heads brought
about the competition between men. Each man fought to bring about more
meat then the other man as a social competition of dominance. The
protection of land allowed for the strengthening of the beginning of
settlements and allowed for much more deadly wars to begin to break out. \

Citation
Milton, R., & Stone Age, M. O. (2015, June 21). Mesolithic stone tools.
Retrieved February 8, 2016, from http://www.stoneagetools.co.uk/mesolithictools.htm
Spikins, B. (2010). Mesolithic Europe. Cambridge, PA.