Bronze Age Flashcards
Why was bronze better than stone?
- it was harder wearing
- had a sharper edge
Why was this period in time called the Bronze Age?
they used bronze (copper + tin)
How did Bronze Age people cook their food?
by making a fulachta fiadh
how was a fulachta fiadh made?
- a hole was dug in the ground
- they heated stones on a fire
- they put the stones into the hole filled with water
how was meat prepared for the fulachta fiadh?
it was wrapped with straw and put in the water
what was the most common type of grave during the Bronze Age?
single graves called cist graves
what was placed with the bodies?
grave goods such as arrow heads, food, and beads were placed in pots beside the bodies
name another burial place apart from standing stones and cist graves
wedge tombs
what were wedge tombs?
- they were built with large flat stones on the top
- the tombs were wedge shaped
- bodies were cremated and placed in pits
name another burial place apart from cist graves and wedge tombs
- standing stones
- burial places have been found with stone circles and standing stones
