PATNA WOMEN’S COLLEGE

Autonomous
PATNA UNIVERSITY

Tools of Mesolithic age

Department of History

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Shristy Bhardwaj Shreya mam
Roll no. – 253.
B.A History (2022-25)
Semester – 1
 Introduction

• The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age is

the Old World archaeological period
between the Upper Paleolithic and the
Neolithic.
• The Mesolithic hunter achieved a
greater efficiency than did the
Paleolithic and was able to exploit a
wider range of animal and vegetable
food sources.
• A transition from large chipped stone
tools and hunting in groups of large herd
animals to smaller ( microliths ) chipped
stone tools and a more hunter-gatherer
culture.
• Some tools used in Mesolithic age
were following:
1. . Burin : .a burin is a type of handheld
lithic flake with a chisel-like edge
which prehistoric humans used for
engraving or for carving wood or bone.

2. Axe : An axe is an implement that has

been used for millennia to shape, split
and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a
weapon. The axe has many forms and
specialised uses but generally consists
of an axe head with a handle, or helve.
3. Flint : Flint is a sedimentary
cryptocrystalline form of the mineral
quartz, categorized as the variety of
chert that occurs in chalk or marly
limestone.

4. Harpoon : A harpoon is a long spear-

like instrument and tool used in fishing,
whaling, sealing,etc. , hunting to catch
 and injure large fish or marine mammals
such as seals and whales.

5. Spear : A spear is a pole weapon

consisting of a shaft, usually of wood,
with a pointed head.The spear has been
used throughout human history both as
a hunting and fishing tool and as a
weapon.
6. Bow and arrow : The bow and arrow
is a ranged weapon system consisting of
an elastic launching device and long-
shafted projectiles.