Consider the following statements about Jorwe Culture.
1. It is the first known culture to have abandoned symbolic burial practices instead adopting fire rituals for last rites.
2. It did not practice pottery or agriculture as Jorwe ancestors considered earth a sacred entity to be worshipped and conserved.
Which of the above is/are correct?
Both 1 and 2
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Pravara-Godavari Valley was the nuclear zone of Jorwe Culture. The main sites of Jorwe Culture are Daimabad, Inamgaon, Jorwe and Nevasa.
Statement 1: The culture was characterised by a distinct type of painted pottery, a blade-flake industry of chalcedony, as well as tools and ornaments of copper. However, due to the scarcity of the metal, copper was used sparingly.
• Their mixed economy was based on agriculture, stock-raising, hunting and fishing. They cultivated a variety of crops, including cereals.
• They practised crop rotation because it gave them the facility of irrigation - clear evidence of that has been unearthed at Inamgaon, near Pune.
Statement 2: At Daimabad and Inamgaon, one gets archaelogical evidence of symbolic burial
• They believed in life after death, and therefore interred the dead inside the house under the floor.
• Children were buried in two urns that were joined mouth-to-mouth and set horizontally in the pit, while adults were placed in a supine position with the head towards the North.
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By: Abhipedia