Chapter 2 : Ancient Ireland Flashcards
Oldest sign of settlement was in msa
Mount sandel Derry banks of river bann
First settlers in Ireland came in
Middle Stone Age, 7000 BC
Houses msa
Round huts with upright posts, frame built from saplings, covered in animal skins, Hearth in middle, mid dens next to site
Post holes msa
Pattern of holes left in ground
How do they know when they arrived msa
Carbon dating of hazelnut shells
Where did they come from msa
Scotland or Wales because the coast can be seen from there
How did they get there msa
Dugout canoes, small tub like boats made from animal skins held together with a light wooden frame
Where did they settle msa
Coast or bank of lakes because Ireland was covered in forest
Tools msa
Small stones and flint microlit, sharp stones set into wood to make axes spears arrows
Clothes msa
Animal skins cleaned with stone scrapers skins stitched with bone needles
Food msa
Birds wild boar were hunted nuts and berries were gathered moved around because they used it all up hunter gatherer
Land nsa
land divided into seperate fields with stone wall
Tools NSA
Polished stone,
How to make soil NSA
Cut trees with stone axes, removed and prepared the soil for crops or grazing using wooden ploughs or mattocks to turn soil
Clothes NSA
Animal skin, sheeps wool, spinning and weaving developed, plant dyes added colour
Houses NSA
higher ground was easier to plough, stone wood, rectangular, thick posts weaving branches between, mud and straw plastered to keep rain out, roof from straw or animal skin.
Cooking NSA
Around fireplace in middle of hues, food stored in clay pots quern small and large stone grind wheat
Death and burial NSA
Dolmen, passage grave, court cairn
Dolmen
Three standing stones, capstone on top
Court cairn
Small entrance lies at entrance of burial chamber built from standing stones covered in earth
Passage grave
Corbelled roof stone slabs sticking out
Newgrange
Passage grave, 21 December light shines through, used as calendar, four bodies found there
Tools ba
Tin and copper alloy bronze, beaten or melted and poured in to moulds sickle
Jewellery
Gold lunula
Burial customs ba
Cist grave wedge tomb stone circle
Cist grave
Stone lined shallow pit covered with large flat stone
Wedge tomb
Narrow and wide, above ground covered with earth
Stone circle
Upright stone used for worship or calendar
Food ba
Fulachtadh fiadh pit with water hot stones straw wrapped meat cauldrons
