Question

Discuss the Neolithic culture in Tamilnadu.

Answer 1

• The culture that domesticated animals and cultivated crops is called Neolithic.
• It is known as the New Stone Age. The Neolithic people used polished stone axes called celts.
• Cattle rearing was their main occupation. They lived in small villages with houses made of thatched roof and walls plastered with clay.
• Evidence of Neolithic village is found at Payyampalli in Vellore district and a few sites in the Dharmapuri region. 
• Payyampalli is a village in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu. The earliest evidence for the domestication of animals and the cultivation of plants is found at this site, which was excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India.
• Evidence for pottery making and cultivation of horse gram and green gram has been found in this village.
• These Neolithic sites were part of the Southern Neolithic Culture of India. They are mainly concentrated in the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka regions. 
• The Neolithic people used stone axes fitted on a wooden handle. 
• These polished stone axes are worshipped in many village temples of Tamil Nadu even today.