Flashcards in Chapter 2 - New Stone Age Deck (10):
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What were mattocks used for and who used them?
Neolithic farmers used mattocks to turn up soil for planting crops.
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What were tools made from?
Tools were made from polished stones, which was stronger and sharper.
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What were used to cut down trees for room to grow crops?
Stone axes were used to cut down trees.
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What crops did they grow?
They grew wheat and barley.
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What did they make clothes from?
They made clothes from animal skin and sheep's wool, which they dyed with plants.
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What does 'settler' mean?
A 'settler' is someone who lives in one area for their entire life.
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What were their houses made from?
Their houses were made from wattle and daub. Wattle is saplings stuck in the ground, with sticks woven through them. Daub is a mixture is mud and straw, which was plastered on the wattle to keep the rain out. The roof was made from straw or rushes.
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Name three neolithic tombs.
The Dolmen, which consisted of three stones covered by another stone called a capstone, Court Cairn, which had a burial tomb with two rooms, and a Passage Grave, which had a burial chamber with a long passageway. Passage graves had a corbelled roof.
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What were put in the graves?
Grave goods such as food and clay pots were put in the graves.
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