what did prehistoric man save their food in?
2007-11-26 19:12:01 · 7 answers · asked by kksiran 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Depends what you consider prehistoric. Prehistoric humans tended to be hunter gatherers, so they would have settled in areas where food was readily available, and then moved according to seasons etc. Until humans developed fire and clay, they would not have had anything to store things in. Neanderthals lived in cold climates, so their food may have kept for a while, but otherwise they would have to had eaten when they caught something, and gone hungry when they didn't. Seeds and other dry foods could have been kept in in dried pelts or layers of thin bark, but it would have been difficult to keep dry and secure from rats etc.
2007-11-26 21:57:51 · answer #1 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first system of organized food storage, came with the advent of grain farming...
Granaries were built right around 10-12,000 years before the present time...
Before that small nomadic tribes of Hunter/Gatherers ate food that they killed or collected, fresh...
2007-11-27 03:51:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was often preserved by smoking, they also dug holes in the ground till they found permafrost and kept food in the holes
2007-11-26 19:21:26 · answer #3 · answered by joeandhisguitar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't. They just ate it until it started to smell really bad and then they went and got some more.
2007-11-26 19:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by ∞ sky3000 ∞ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they used to dig ice during ice age
2007-11-26 19:16:37 · answer #5 · answered by itsme 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
didn't they just go out and eat as they hunted?
2007-11-26 19:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by Kenton C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummm... They ate it and they stored it as fat...
2007-11-27 15:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by Deathbunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋