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Who were the beaker people

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The people who lived in the Bronze Age

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What was bronze made from

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Tin and copper

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Who was a smith

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A person who made metal objects

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What were lunulae and torcs

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Bronze Age jewellery

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What was smelting

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To seperate metal from rock to make bronze

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What was a fulacht if ad hand what was it used for

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A pit near a river used to cook food

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What were the tombs

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Cist grave

Wedge tomb

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What was a cost. Grave

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A pit in the ground lined with stone slabs

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What was a wedge tomb

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It was a tomb that you had to be wedged into that had a wide. Front and a small back

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What elapse did they have as well as wattle and daub for their houses

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Fences

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Why was this period known as the Bronze Age

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Because bronze was the metal they used to make their tools and weapons