Questions and Answers
What are some possible reasons why hunter-gatherers would travel from place to place?
Hunter-gatherers may have moved to find new sources of food, as animals and plants are not always available in the same place. They may also have moved to find water during dry seasons.
How did the lives of farmers and herders differ from those of hunter-gatherers?
Farmers and herders would stay in one location, live in houses, and depend on crops and domesticated animals as their source of food. Hunter-gatherers had to move frequently, lived in caves or rock shelters, and relied on wild animals and natural resources for food.
What is Mehrgarh and what have archaeologists found there?
Mehrgarh is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in present-day Pakistan. It is where people may have first learned to grow barley and wheat and rear sheep and goats. Archaeologists have found animal bones, square or rectangular houses with storage compartments, and burial sites at Mehrgarh.
