Stone Age+ Hunter Gathers Flashcards
When did the ice age come to an end?
10,000 BC
Which people lived before 7000BC
Nobody lived before 7000BC
Around the ice age period Europe was slowly been covered in water due to…
Melting Ice
The oldest sign of settlement was in?
Mount Sandel where they found post-holes in the ground
What was a hearth
Like a fireplace today
Where did the first settlers come?
Scotland or Wales
What did the settlers travel in?
Dugout canoes
In Ireland at this time (7000bc) Ireland’s forests were…?
Dense
The frame of a hut was build with?
Saplings
What was the hut covered with?
Animal skins or rushes
What was a midden?
A midden was a heap of kitchen waste
Stones and pieces of Flint are knows as what?
Microliths
What does the term ‘hunter gatherer’ mean?
It means they hunted animals and gathered berries and nuts
Why did hunger gathers move location?
Because once they had killed all the animals in a certain area they had to move and find my animals
