Mehrgarh

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/mehrgarh

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the earliest occupation period?7000 BCE or 5250 BCE
2. What is the discovering institution?French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin
3. When was Mehrgarh first settled?The first people lived there around 7000 BCE or 5250 BCE, making it one of the earliest farming villages.
4. What kinds of food did people grow at Mehrgarh?They grew wheat and barley and raised sheep, goats, and cattle.

Neolithic Period: A prehistoric era characterized by the development of agriculture, settled villages, and polished stone tools.
Stratigraphic Excavation: Archaeological method of digging in layers to understand the sequence of events and age of artifacts.
Domestication: The process of taming animals and cultivating plants for human use over generations.
Cultural Diffusion: The spread of cultural beliefs, social activities, and innovations from one group to another.