Neolithic Period ( New Stone Age)

Question 0

Porcellanite

Answer 0

Is a tougher and heavier stone than Flint

Question 1

Neolithic

Answer 1

Period when people farmed and used better stone tools

Question 2

Lough gur

Answer 2

This is an example in co. Limerick where Neolithic people lived

Question 3

Wattle and daub

Answer 3

Wattle: the upright stakes in the ground which sticks where weaved around. Daub: the plaster which was made of mud poo and straw

Question 4

Céide fields

Answer 4

Evidence of stone walls were found here. This is another example of where they lived

Question 5

Quern stone

Answer 5

Used to grind wheat into flour

Question 6

Megaliths

Answer 6

A big stone

Question 7

Court cairns

Answer 7

A type of Neolithic tomb which had a big patch (court) and was lined with big stones covered in earth

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Dolmen

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Another type of tomb which was made by putting two or three big rocks with a capstone on top

Question 9

Capstone

Answer 9

A huge stone put on top of dolmens

Question 10

Cor belled roof

Answer 10

Each layer was put slightly inside each other until they met in a cone shape in the middle