Mesolythic (Stone age)

• Characteristics of Mesolithic people


  • Hunter gatherers
  • Fished and hunted
  • Gathered berries and fruit
  • Cooked food on a fire
  • Used animal skins for clothing
  • Used bones to make needles for sewing
  • Lived in temporary and tent-like structures
  • Moved from place to place
  • All tools and weapons made from stone (flint used to sharpen)
  • Attached stone tools to wooden shafts
  • Buried their dead with grave goods
• Mesolithic people did not have magic and moved around from place to place
• Mesolithic people lived in temporary and tent-like structures, with post holes and souls of turf
• Mesolithic people were hunter gatherers
• All Mesolithic tools and weapons were made from stone, including flint used to sharpen them, and attached to wooden shafts
• Mesolithic people cremated and buried their dead with grave goods (their belongings)
• Evidence suggests Mesolithic people believed in an afterlife