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history chapter 2
ancient ireland
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when did the first settlers in Ireland arrive? | during the middle stone ages |
| where is the oldest sign of a settlement in Ireland? | in Mount Sandel county Derry on the banks of river Bann |
| what did archaeologists discover in 1972? | round shaped huts built with upright posts |
| what are post holes? | the holes left in the ground from upright posts from huts that helped archaeologists to be able to work out their shape even after they have long disappeared |
| how did archaeologists find the shape of huts that have long ago disappeared? | by studying post holes |
| what was also discovered along a hearth or fireplace of a hut? | small pieces of flint and the bones of birds and fiish |
| when was Ireland mostly covered in ice? | before 7000 BC |
| when did the ice age end? | 10000 BC |
| what happened after the ice age? | plants and trees started to grow and land bridges connecting Ireland, Britain and all the other European countries were slowly covered in water from the melting ice |
| when the European countries were slowly covered in ice what was this period called? | the stone age |
| how did the stone age get its name? | because the first tools made from humans were made from stone |
| how did archaeologists know that people lived in Mount Sandel? | because of the dating in hazelnut shells that showed people lived there around 7000 BC |
| where did the first settlers come from? | Wales or Scotland because the north eastern coast of Ireland cam be seen from both of these places |
| what did the settlers most likely travel in | dugout canoes or small tube like boats made from animal skin held together by a wooden light frame |
| when the settlers arrived what wasIreland covered in? | dense forest |
| where did the settlers settle | along the coast or the banks of the rivers as they did in mount sandel |
| where did the first settlers live? | in circular hut |
| what was the frame of where the settlers lived in built from? | saplings |
| what was the frame covered with? | animal skin or rushes |
| what was in the middle of the hut? | the hearth/fireplace |
| what were discovered next to the site of the huts? | kitchen waste called middens |
| why did early settlers move from place to place? | in search of food and better living conditions |
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