The Mesolithic site of Lepenski Vir, Serbia (the one on the river Danube) represents life in Europe before the arrival of the Neolithic. Which of the following accurately describes the site?

Question

The Mesolithic site of Lepenski Vir, Serbia (the one on the river Danube) represents life in Europe before the arrival of the Neolithic. Which of the following accurately describes the site?

A. A small sedentary village for people who ate river and forest foods

B. A stopping point for mobile people who ate mostly deer

C. A large and dense village for people who intensively harvested and stored wild grains

D. An early state society that still relied on hunter-gathering

E. An early agricultural site that still partially relied on hunter-gatherering

Answer 1

The site of Lepenski Vir was inhabited before and during the shift from the Mesolithic into the Neolithic. Before the Neolithic, people were (generally) not agriculturalists. Archaeologists excavating the area have found indications of permanent and semi-permanent settlements dated to the Mesolithic. It is widely accepted that these settlements along the river subsisted on fish. Based on this, I would say A. A small sedentary village for people who ate river and forest foods.