The Neolithic Period Flashcards
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Dolmen
A
3 large stones standing upright with a capstone on top
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Capstone
A
A very large stone that was used to make dolmens
2
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Passage tomb
A
The largest type of megalithic tomb
3
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Wattle
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Logs for a frame and branches woven through
4
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Daub
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A mixture of animal manure ,muck,straw and water that is plastered onto the wattle
5
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Porcellanite
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A tougher hard stone used to make tools and weapons by the Neolithic people
6
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Neolithic
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Period when people farmed and used better stone tools
7
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Lough gur
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A site where the first Irish farmers lived
8
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Céide fields
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A place where there is evidence that Neolithic people were farmers
9
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Megaliths
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Large stones
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Quern stone
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Used to grind food
11
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Court cairn
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Earliest megalithic tomb
12
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Cor belled roof
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Each layer is overlapping the other
