Urban Agriculture in Naga City: Growing Food, Growing Partnerships, Growing Naga
From gathering to growing food
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Chapter 3
From Gathering to Growing Food
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Verities of Food The beginnings of farming and herding A new way of life‘Storing Animals’Finding out about the first farmers and
herders Towards a settled lifeWhat about other customs and practices A closer look (a) Living and dying in
MehrgarhA closer look (b)Daojali Hading
In this leson we study the following:
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Varieties of Food
Plants that are grown
Animals that are reared
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Different Plants Different Conditions
Needs More
Less water
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Different Animals prefer different environment
Sheep and goat can survive in dry hill
Cattle need grass lands to survive
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Edible plants were
found
Seeds broke off stalks fell
on the ground
New plants
sprouted from them
People protected the plants from birds & animals
Plants were
grown and seeds ripened
The Beginnings of Farming and Herding
How people became farmers
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Animals were
tamed
First animal to be tamed was wild ancestor of dog
Other animals
were encouraged to come
near camps
Sheep, goat,
cattle and pigs ate
grass and came near the camps
People protected
these animals
from attacks
The Beginnings of Farming and Herding
How people became herders
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People planted
seeds and noticed that it takes some time to grow
They stayed in the same place for a long time
They looked after the plants,
watering, weeding,
driving away animals and
birds till grains
ripened
Grain had to be stored for
food and seed
They began making large clay pots and wove baskets or dug pits
into the ground
A New Way of Life
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Storing Grains
Earthen or clay jars and pots
People wove baskets to store
grains
Dug pits in to the ground to store grains
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Storing Animals People took care of
animals
Because they provided
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Towards a settled lifePit houses in Burzahom, Kashmir
Steps lead the people into them
Provided shelter in cold weather
Cooking hearths inside and outside the huts were found. People cooked both indoor and outdoor
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Neolithic Implements of Stone, Flint and Horn
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TOOLS
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1. They were polished to give a fine cutting edge
Characters of Neolithic Tools and Weapons and implements
Mortars and pestles were used for grinding grain
Many kinds of earthen pots have also been found, sometimes
decorated that were used for storing things
Pots were used for cooking food, like rice , wheat and lentils
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They began weaving cloth by using different kinds of materials
Towards a settled life
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What about other customs and practices?
Many of these farers and herders lived in groups called Tribes and followed certain practices that
may have existed earlier
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Mehrgarh- Located in a fertile plain near the Bolan Pass which is one of the most important routes into Iran.
It is one of the earliest villages that we know about.
One of the places where women and men learnt to grow barley and wheat and rear sheep and goats for the first time in this area.
Bones of animals like deer, pig, sheep, goat, cattle were found.
A Closer Look- Living and Dying in Mehrgarh
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Houses in Mehrgarh
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Several burial sites have been found at Mehrgarh.
In some cases the dead person was buried with goats and sheep which meant to serve as food in the next world.
Burial Sites in Mehrgarh
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It’s a site on the hills near Brahmaputra Valley close to routes leading to China and Myanmar.
A Closer Look- Daojali Hading
Have been found here
Jadeite is a stone that may have been brought from China, has been found here
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Our ape like ancestors had to face many challenges from the climate, wild animals and from other human groups; they gradually transferred from nomads to hunters to herders to cultivators and to present Modern Man.
Prehistory is the period of history before the invention of writing.
Palaeolithic age is also called Old Stone Age, in this age people used to live like nomads. They lived in small hunting and gathering groups.
Points to Remember
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People developed a spoken language, invented clothing and used rocky overhangs and caves as shelter. They also learned to build fires for warmth, cooking and light.
In Neolithic period people learned farming and settled themselves in permanent villages. They also learned to domesticate animals.
Neolithic agriculture revolution was the change from nomadic to farming life, this led to the development of the civilization. Uses of grains as food lessened the dependence on animals. Grains were used as seeds to grow further crops.
Points to Remember