The Bronze Age Flashcards
Beaker people
The first settlers in Ireland to use bronze (they got their name from their beaker shaped pottery)
Bronze Age
A time when people used copper and tin to make bronze for their tools.
Smith
A skilled person who made objects from metal.(tools,jewellery)
Hoard
A large pile of weapons or jewellery found in one place.
Lunulae
A Bronze Age necklace
Cist grave
A pit in the ground lined with stone slabs .A Bronze Age grave.
Fulacht fia(dh)
A hole in the ground used to cook during the Stone Age
Wedge tomb
A tomb with two flat stones turned sideways for legs and a capstone roof.A type of Bronze Age tomb.
Stone circle
Tall upright stones in a circle .It is a type of Bronze Age grave and may have been used as a calendar .
Bronze
A metal made from copper and tin.
