Bronze age

Question 1

whay period preceded the bronze age

Answer 1

stone age

Question 2

what major development influcenced the bronze age?

Answer 2

Bronze

Question 3

when was the bronze age?

Answer 3

2500BC - 500BC

Question 4

where were the beaker people from

Answer 4

Spain, they went through england

Question 5

why were they called the beaker people

Answer 5

due to their distinctive beaker shaped pottery

Question 6

what did the beaker people introduce to Ireland?

Answer 6

the knowledge on how to produce bronze

Question 7

did the bronze age people build large monuments to their dead?

Answer 7

no large monuments

Question 8

where did the bronze age people bury their dead

Answer 8

burial sites,domestic sites such as a cist

Question 9

what is a hoard

Answer 9

a large group of objects found together

Question 10

where were many of the hoards placed and did it help preserve them?

Answer 10

bogs, bogs have preservative properties

Question 11

what does the burying of hoards represent

Answer 11

offering to gods or left for safe keeping

Question 12

what is metallurgy

Answer 12

knowledge of physical and chemical behaviour of metallic elements

Question 13

what type of metal is bronze

Answer 13

an alloy (mixture of two tin and copper)

Question 14

In what way did bronze differ from other metals avaliable during this period?

Answer 14

Bronze was significantly stronger than copper, made both functional tools and development of new metal work techniques and decoration

Question 15

what functional objects was bronze used to make?

Answer 15

Cooking pots, spearheads

Question 16

Why is it believed that the bronze age people in Ireland has contact with England?

Answer 16

the production of bronze, not enough tin in ireland to justify the amount of bronze products produced

Question 17

What metal did Ireland have in abundance at this time

Answer 17

copper

Question 18

Name the two new inovative and inventive techniques developed at this time

Answer 18

Mining and casting

Question 19

Where did casting take place

Answer 19

forges

Question 20

what were these cast ingots and axe heads used for

Answer 20

it was a way of dividing the copper or bronze into equal quantities for distributing and carrying

Question 21

where was copper found in Ireland

Answer 21

mostly found in the southern counties

Question 22

where was Tin sourced

Answer 22

some deposits in wicklow - mostly found from cornwall, england

Question 23

what material was used for fecorative objects, why?

Answer 23

gold beared the resembalance to the shine of the sun, the sun continued to be worshiped

Question 24

how and where was gold sourced

Answer 24

sourced from place deposits.The river bed were panned - valuable metals separated from other substanced by agitation with water on the river banks

Question 25

name and explain the two properties of metal and what this allowed the goldsmiths to do

Answer 25

***Malleable*** nuggets of gold hammered into thin sheets, sheet metal, similar apperance to foil.Prodomiant technique in early bronze age ***Ductible*** allowed gold to be streched into thin wire

Question 26

Name two forms made by the goldsmiths during the early bronze age

Answer 26

sundiscs, circular sheets made of Gold Lunula - cresent shaped pieces

Question 27

Were early bronze age forms decorated or not decorated

Answer 27

sometimes decorated, sometimes left plain

Question 28

describe early bronze age decoration

Answer 28

abstract geometric shaped

Question 29

what does abstract mean

Answer 29

does not represent anything in the natural world

Question 30

list the three phases of the bronze age with dates

Answer 30

early broze age 2500-1300 BC Middle bronze age 1500-1200 BC Late bronze age 1200-500 BC

Question 31

what two advancements do these phases reflect

Answer 31

new developments in metal working techniques, it allowed much more dramatic decoration to be created

Question 32

Why is it though that the bronze age people had spritual beliefs

Answer 32

the common /ritualistic practice of deposition of hoards in sacred places

Question 33

describe types of metalwork and decoration and techniques that develop over the early bronze age

Answer 33

Gold primarily decorated in a thin sheet form. artefacts remained comparativily plain and simple

Question 34

describe types of metalwork and decoration and techniques that develop over the middle bronze age

Answer 34

metalworks continued to thrive and develop better molding and casting techniques

Question 35

describe types of metalwork and decoration and techniques that develop over the late bronze age

Answer 35

large skilled range of metal working techniques, such as riviting and soildering

Question 36

name, describe, and give an example of each of the 2 metalworking techniques

Answer 36

Incision- using a sharp metal tool to cut into or engrave the surface of the metal object. EG Gorget : Gleninsheen Gold collar Repousse - Motifs were pressed on or gently hammered into the back of the metal leaving the design in relief on the surface. Eg gold armlets

Question 37

name, describe and give an example of each of the 4 metalwork techniques

Answer 37

**Ribbon and Flange twisting** Lenghts of metal are beaten into square or triangular shapes or a ribbon of metal is beaten so the centre is thicker. eg. gold ribbon torc **Casting** stone was carved to create the desired mold, molten gold then poured in. eg solid gold cast dress fastener **Soldering**Metal that is fused to another pieve of metal using molten metal eg lock rings **Riveting** metal sheets are laid on top of eachother and a rivit is hammered from both sides them secured onto place eg bronze age cooking pot