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When did the first people settle in Ireland?

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9,000 years ago 7000BC

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What does mesolithic mean?

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A period when hunter-gatherer used simple stone tool

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What happened in 16000BC

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The climate became warmer and the snow began to melt

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What animals were in the forest in Ireland

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Red deer, wild boar, wolves, foxes and fish

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What do people collect during the mesolithic period

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Berries, apples, nuts

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Name one place in ireland where the mesolithic people lived

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In mount sandel near coleraine, co.derry

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What were tools made of during the mesolithic period

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Flint

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What was flint?

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It is very hard rock that shatters into sharp pieces when its broken

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What tools were made of flint and what was it used for in the mesolithic period ?

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Spears, axe heads for hunting and fishing and knives and scrapers to skin animals and cut them

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Where is flint found now?

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In the north east coast of Ireland

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How did archaeologists find evidence of mesolithic huts

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They discovered a circle of post holes and a hearth in the centre

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How did archaeologists find out that mesolithic people varied diet

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There was fish shells, fish bones, bones of deer, bones of duck, bones of wild pig

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How did the mesolithic people make their houses?

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They bent the branches to make an upside down bowl hut, they covered the branches using animal skin and sods of the earth

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When did life in the neolithic period?

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4000BC

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What were the changes after 4000BC?

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Trees were cut to make way for grassland and pastures, crops were planted by people, people began to raise animals

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Where did farming begin?

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Mesopotamia(modern Iran and Iraq) 8000BC

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How did farming start?

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People started to collect and sow seeds and tame wild animals they relied less on hunting and gathering

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Why did the neolithic people become more settled?

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Because crops and animals needed to be cared for

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What other stone did the neolithic people use for tools and weapons?

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They used porcellanite

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What tools was porcellanite used for?

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Axe heads

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Where were there good sources of porcellanite

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In antrim and rathlin island

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Where is a good place to find traces of neolithic farmers?

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Lough gur in limerick