The Stone Age Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Mesolithic/Middle Stone Age | It was was called that because people used weapons and tools made from stone |
They came to Ireland | in dug out wooden boat from Scotland around 8000 B.C |
Mesolithic people were | Were the first people to arrive in Ireland. They were Hunters and Gathers. |
Mesolithic people ate | Deer, wild pigs, fish, berries and nuts. |
Mesolithic people settled | Near rivers and lakes |
An example of a Mesolithic settlement in Ireland is | Mount Sandel in Derry |
Neolithic/New Age People were | the first farmers who arrived in Ireland around 4000 B.C. |
Neolithic people settled | in upland areas, cutting down trees in order to setup farms and get land to plant |
Neolithic people ate | Wheat, barley, pigs, sheep, cattle |
They were more advanced/differed from Mesolithic people because they used | 1.Better quality, 'polished' stone axes 2.Made pottery for cooking, storing food, burials 3. Grew wheat, barley and kept pigs, sheep, cattle. 4. Stronger better houses |
Burial Tombs | 1.Court Cairns 2.Portal Dolmens 3.Passage graves |
Megalithic Tombs | Great Stone Tombs |
An example of a Neolithic settlement in Ireland is | Ceide Fields in Co. Mayo |
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