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Question	Answer
What is the Mesolithic period?	First, settlers in Ireland
What is the Neolithic Period	The new stone age
When was the neolithic period?	4000 BC - 2000 BC
When were the first famers?	The first farmers came from Europe in 4000 BC
What sort of tools did they use?	They used Axes, spears, Knives and scrapers
How did people cook during the neolithic period?	They used saddle stones to grind grains of wheat and barley and a spit which is a long stick elevated over a fire for cooking food!
What are the 3 types of Neolithic Burial Customs?	Court Cairns, Dolmens and Passage tombs
When was Newgrange built?	Carbon dating revealed Newgrange was built between 2675 and 2485 BC
When was bronze started to be used?	2000 BC
When did Bronze and copper come to Ireland?	2000BC
When did the Bronze age start?	The Bronze age started around 2500 BC
What were the 2 types of burial customs?	Cist Grave and Wedge tomb
What was the name of the pit near the river that they cooked food in the bronze age?	++*

Anicent Ireland Flashcards

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