Neolithic Flashcards
Porcellainite
A tougher and heavier stone than Flint
Neolithic
Period when people farmed and used better stone tools than the Mesolithic people
Lough gur
Is where the first Neolithic people lived
Wattle and daub
A methed of building houses the daub was the straw and earth that was plastered into the walls to cover the cracks.the wattle is the stakes at the front of the house and the branches were woven through them
Céide fields
Were the fields archaeologists found remains of the stone walls from the Neolithic period
Quaren stone
a quaren stone would have been used to grind grain into bread
Megaliths
A large stone
Court cairn
A tomb with a open area at the front and the inside there was big stones covered with earth
Dolmen
Two or three big stones placed on upright and a capstone on top
Passage tomb
It looks a lot like a circular hill or mound of earth inside there was along passage leading to a chamber
Capstone
A large flat stone that was placed on top of a dolmen
Cobbled roof
The roof is an extension of the walls each layer of the wall is placed slightly inside the one below
