The Stone Age Flashcards
What is the Stone Age
When the first people searched for land by using basic tools+ weapons made from stones
Stages of the Stone Age
Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
Palaeolithic date
2500000 BC-8000BC
Why did no one live in Ireland in he palaeolithic Period?
Because it was covered in ice
What are lithos
Stones
Mesolithic date
8000BC-3500BC
How did people arrive in Ireland ?
In dig out tree trunks and animal hides
Houses in Mesolithic
Huts like American tepee . Post holes were put in the ground
Evidence of settlement in Mesolithic
Mt Sandal, Co Derry
Hunter gatherers
Gathered nuts and berries and hunted animals
Micro Liths
Pieces of flint to make spears
Neolithic dates
3500BC-2000BC
Crops in Neolithic
Wheat and barley
Tools in Neolithic
Axes, mattocks and ploughs
Wattle and daub
Sticks intertwined through wood and walls were insulated with mud . Roof made of straw
What were needles made form
Small bone
Evidence of settlement in Neolithic
Lough Gur, Co limerick
Burial customs in the Stone Age
Court cairns, Dolmens and passage tombs
What was a court Cairn
Open entrance led to closed passageway eg Proleek Co Louth
What was a dolmen
Three standing stones under large capstone eg Carlow Dolmen
What was a passage tomb
Contains kerbsornes and Corbelled roofs, eg newgrange co Meath
What was a kerbstone
Large decorated stones
Corbelled Roof
Domed Roof . Rocks are placed on top of each other, each one slightly closer to the top and large capstone placed on top
Grave goods
Items Neolithic People believed dead people needed i their next life
