Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic)

Arrival
1. Came to Ireland by dugout canoes or in skin-covered boats from Britain
2. Came around 7000BC
Food and Family
1. They were hunter-gatherers
  1. They hunted animals
  2. They collected berries and nuts
  3. They didn't farm
2. They cooked on spits
3. They were nomadic- when they ran out of food they moved
Work and Tools
1. Food
  1. Hunting
    1. Spears
    2. Arrows
  2. Fishing
    1. Spear
    2. Harpoon
2. Stone axes used for chopping down branches
3. Clothes
  1. Stone scrapers used to clean animal skins
  2. Skins were sewn together with bone needles
Mesolithic Sites
1. Exploration of sites tell us how people lived
2. Mount Sandel Co.Derry
Houses
1. Made of saplings set into the ground
2. With lighter branches woven across them
3. Branches tied with animal hide or gut
4. Hearth or fireplace in the centre of the hut

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