Chalcolithic Period :
• The end of the Neolithic Period saw the use of metals of which copper was the first. A culture based on the use of
stone and copper arrived. Such a culture is called Chalcolithic which means the stone-copper phase.
stone and copper arrived. Such a culture is called Chalcolithic which means the stone-copper phase.
• Apart from stone tools, hand axes and other objects made of copperware also used.
• The Chalcolithic people used different types of pottery of which black and red pottery was most popular. It was
wheel made and painted with white line design.
• These people were not acquainted with burnt bricks. They generally lived in thatched houses. It was a
village economy.
• They venerated the mother goddess and worshiped the bull.
• Important sites of this phase are spread in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, MP, etc.
• The Chalcolithic people used different types of pottery of which black and red pottery was most popular. It was
wheel made and painted with white line design.
• These people were not acquainted with burnt bricks. They generally lived in thatched houses. It was a
village economy.
• They venerated the mother goddess and worshiped the bull.
• Important sites of this phase are spread in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, MP, etc.
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