Neolithic Keywords.

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Porcellanite

Answer 0

Is a tough heavy stone used to make good axe heads

Question 1

Neolithic

Answer 1

Is the period when people farmed and used better stone tools.

Question 2

Lough gur

Answer 2

Is in co.limerick where the first farmers lived

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Wattle and daub

Answer 3

Is a method of building houses.
Wattle: is the tree trunk weaved in between the thick wood pushed in the ground
Daub: is the mud and straw placed around the walls to keep out drafts.

Question 4

Ceíde fields

Answer 4

Prehistoric field walls were found here.

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Quern stone

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It was a stone used to grind grain into flour for bread.

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Megaliths

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A large stone that was used to make tombs

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Court cains

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A tomb that had an open entrance made with upright stones.

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Dolmen

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A tomb made of upright tombs

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Passage tombs

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From the outside it looks like a hill or circular mound of earth there is a long passage leading to the chamber

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Capstone

Answer 10

A large flat stone that lies on top of a dolmen

Question 11

Corbelled roof

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Is when each layer of the wall is placed slightly inside the one below