What do you understand by the term ‘Neolithic Revolution’? Describe its various features with reference to the site of Mehrgarh.

The agro-pastoral cultural developments of the early Holocene were labelled as ‘Neolithic Revolution’ by V. Gordon Childe in 1941. The Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures were treated as food producing economies by him. The idea of Neolithic Revolution refers to the origin of agriculture, animal domestication and a settled way of life. It indicates the transformation of society from a food gathering (hunting-gathering) economy to a food producing (agropastoral) economy. The idea of revolution pertaining to the Neolithic way of life signifies a major transformation in human cultural adaptation.

Miles Burkitt identified the Neolithic culture with polished tools, animal and plant domestication. Thus, the ‘Neolithic’ does not denote the use of new tools (Figure 4.2) alone, but also new modes ___ _____ ____ _____ ____ ________ ________ ___ ____ ______ _____.
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