Stone Age

Question 0

Porcellanite

Answer 0

A tougher heavier stone than Flint.

Question 1

Neolithic period

Answer 1

The Neolithic period is where people brought farming to Ireland . Neolithic is also a word for The New Stone Age.

Question 2

Lough Gur

Answer 2

It is an example of a Neolithic settlement.

Question 3

Wattle and daub

Answer 3

It’s a mixture of straw,mud and

Question 4

Céide fields

Answer 4

This is where Neolithic farming mysteriously ended.

Question 5

Megalith

Answer 5

Mega=large + lith= stone.

Question 6

Court cairn

Answer 6

The earliest type of megalithic tomb in Ireland.

Question 7

Dolmens

Answer 7

Also known as a portal tomb, it is another type of megalithic tomb.

Question 8

Passage tombs.

Answer 8

Passage tombs have a long passage way to a chamber where bodies are found.

Question 9

Capstone

Answer 9

Large wide stone placed on top of a dolmen.

Question 10

Mesolithic

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Mesolithic is also known as Middle Stone Age. Mesolithic people are the first people came to Ireland.

Question 11

Mount Sandel

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Is where the first people settled.

Question 12

Flint

Answer 12

Is a hard rock that shatters when it’s broken.

Question 13

Hunter gatherers

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Mesolithic people hunted animals and gathered nuts and berries from the forests.

Question 14

Quern stone

Answer 14

Used to grind wheat into flour.