3 Stone Age Inventions

By: Charlotte

Shelter

In my opinion, shelter is one of the most important inventions of mankind. Shelter protects us from Storms, rain and lots of other things. Shelter can also keep us warm.Early people made their houses in a very cool and interesting way. First of all, they tied lots of sticks together. Next they went to look for clay. Once they had enough clay for the house, they threw clay at the it.Early people always built their shelters near or sometimes on lakes. To build the houses on the lakes, the early people had to build them on stilts. The stilts had to be high enough, so that when the lake rises, it doesn’t flood the shelters. Lots of fish live in lakes and early people have to try to live as close to prey as possible.

Weapons

e of the most important inventions of all time. Especially for the early humans. Thanks to weapons, getting food was easier than before. With spears and nets, they caught fish in the streams and lakes. With bows and arrows they caught elks, deer, rabbits and co. They had axes to kill the animals once they planted an arrow in it. The knife was also a very useful partner to the early people. They used knives to kill animals, cut food, cut branches to make a shelter, etc. The knife was used a lot, every day.

Canoes

Canoes were very important for early people. With canoes, they were able to go places without having to walk around lakes and streams. They made paddles out of wood. The canoe itself was made out of a hollowed tree trunk. The early people got into their canoes and paddled into the middle of a lake. Next, they looked for fish, and once they saw one, the sank the spear into the water. If they were lucky, they caught the fish. It was one of the hardest ways to get fish, but since the early people had to have the skill, they practiced every day.