The Stone Age

The Stone Age

1. Earth has existed for 4.5 billion years

   • Earliest humans found 2500000 years ago
   • 2500000-8000BC Paleolithic
   • 8000-3500 Mesolithic
   • 3500-2000 Neolithic

2. Mesolithic

   • First people arrived in Ireland
   • People clothed in animal skins
   • Tools made from microliths(flints)

3. Neolithic

   • People were farmers
   • Tools made of polished stone
   • Pottery was used very much
   • Cooking done around a fire in the middle of the floor
   • Megalithic tombs
     • court cairns
       • Had an open entrance(court) and were covered in a mound of dirt(cairn)
     • Passage Graves
     • Dolmens or Portal tomb