Neolithic Period Flashcards
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Porcellanite
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It is a tougher and heavy stone. It was used to make tools.
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Neolithic
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Period when people formed and used better stone tools
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Lough Gur
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It is where jewellery and houses made from bone and rock were found.
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Wattle and daub
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A method of building walls
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Céide fields
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A field with prehistoric wall
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Quern Stone
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Was used to grind grain into flour for bread.
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Megalithic
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Mega-large lith-stone
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Court Cairn
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Earliest type of megalithic tomb. It was used for religious ceremonys.
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Dolmon
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Where people buried their dead.
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Passage tombs
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Large megalithic tomb, where people cremated their dead.
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Capstone
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A large, flat stone that lies on top of a dolmen.
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Corbelled roof
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A roof that is an extension on the walls. They overlap each other so there are no leaks
