Neolithic Period Flashcards
After 4000 BC
Trees were cut down to make way for grasslands, crops were planted by the people and people began to raise animals
Before 4000 BC
The country was covered in forests, only wild plants grew and animals were found only in the wild and where hunted
When was the neolithic people
The neolithic period was between 4000 BC and 2000 BC
What did the neolithic people bring to Ireland
The neolithic people brought farming to Ireland
What stones did the neolithic people use
The neolithic people used flint and procellanite
Where did the neolithic people first settle
Lough Gur in county limerick
What did they use to make cloths
They used sheep wool and dyed the wool from berries and plants
Name one thing the neolithic people discovered
They discovered clay
Name one area where the neolithic people would farm
The Céide fields
How did they make flour or bread
They used a quern stone
When and where did farming first begin
Farming first began in Iraq around 8000 BC
Name all of the Megalithic tombs
Court cairn, portal tombs and passage tombs
Name one famous passage tomb
New grange
What were their houses built out of
They were built from wood, wattle and daub
