Upload
katherine-porter
View
220
Download
1
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Large periods of time divided into ages Stone age, Bronze Age, Iron Age Describe the new objects used by people The stone age is divided into 3 periods Early, Middle, New Stone Age
Middle Stone Age Used weapons made of stone Flint – a lot of flint in North No permanent homes so… Info. From Midden Remains found at Mount Sandel, North
Ireland
7000 BC (9000 years ago) Moved from place to place Ate berries and nuts Hunted deer, wild boar Fished
7000 BC (9000 years ago) Moved from place to place Ate berries and nuts Hunted deer, wild boar Fished
Cleared woods for land Planted barley and wheat Raised domestic animals Regular supply of food So had to settle in permanent homes
Round or rectangular – wooden Post-holes – for frame Branches weaved in – for wall Mud plastered on Called wattle and daub Thatched roof over
Archaeological remains tell us this Lough Gur in Limerick Ceide Fields in Mayo – Farms Covered over by bog Provided primary sources
Ate the animals they raised Still hunted Made porridge from the crops Rotary querns – round stones rubbed off
each other Ground the grain for porridge
2 areas – court = open area Used for religious ceremony and cremations Cairn = the chamber Covered with stones and slabs Remains put in there with other objects
Resemble huge stone tables Aka Portal Tombs 2 standing stones = portals Capstone on top Cremated remains underneath
Like huge court cairns A passage leads to a chamber Walls of slabs Mound of earth on top Most famous – Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth
Oldest building in Europe – 4500 years old Older than Stonehenge or the pyramids Excavated in 1960’s
Very advanced Overlapping slabs going closer and closer
together for roof No rain has gotten through
Beautiful spirals carved on the stones Famous one on the entrance stone Why? Enjoyment of the dead inside?
Hole over entrance Winter solstice Light floods the chamber Very carefully planned Knowledgeable… about astronomy
Remains a mystery So few bodies Perhaps only for Kings? Perhaps a temple in honour of sun god? The cremated bones a sacrifice? Perhaps an ancient calendar? Telling farmers shortest day of the year