. The early herdsmen . THE EARLY HERDSMEN THE people whose life is portrayed in this volume lived in the earlv part of the Prehistoric period, which followed the melting of the glaciers. It is usually referred to as the Neolithic period, or the Polished Stone age, to distinguish it from the earlier Pleistocene period when the cave-man lived. In the Early Sea People we have shown how at this time some people wandered to the sea, where they became fisher- men. In this volume it is shown how the ] irehistoric Aryans of the interior overcame the difficulties of the times by changing their attitude
. The early herdsmen . THE EARLY HERDSMEN THE people whose life is portrayed in this volume lived in the earlv part of the Prehistoric period, which followed the melting of the glaciers. It is usually referred to as the Neolithic period, or the Polished Stone age, to distinguish it from the earlier Pleistocene period when the cave-man lived. In the Early Sea People we have shown how at this time some people wandered to the sea, where they became fisher- men. In this volume it is shown how the ] irehistoric Aryans of the interior overcame the difficulties of the times by changing their attitude toward the animals they had hunted and by learning to protect and care for them. The appearance of the people under consideration is described in Lesson IV. The names given the more important characters are intended to throw light on significant achievements of the age. For instance, it is stated by the highest authorities that without the aid of the dog, man could not have brought the grass-eating animals under his control. It thus seems fitting to have the leading man named Many-dogs. The first animals brought to the camp were tethered to a tree, a stake, or a peg driven into the ground. For a long time the prehistoric Aryans referred to the animals under their care as "the tethered" or "the fastened" creatures. The name Tether-peg therefore came to thought as a fitting name for the leading woman. It was at this time that people learned to take taglocks of wool from the bushes where the sheep pastured and convert them into long threads or yarn. They still dressed in the skins of wild animals, but since spinning is an epoch-making invention the name Spin-a-thread is given to the clan mother. Children who have had
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