PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland

Landscapes of Neolithic Ireland is the first volume to be devoted solely to the Irish Neolithic using an innovative landscape and anthropological perspective to provide significant new insights on the period Gabriel Cooney argues that the archaeological evidence demonstrates a much more complex picture than the current orthodoxy on Neolithic Europe with its assumption of mobile lifestyles suggests He integrates the study of landscape settlement agriculture material culture and burial practice to offer a rounded realistic picture of the complexities and the realities of Neolithic lives and societies in Ireland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FncwFd1RzQ. C. ategories. Stone Age 7,000BC – 2,000BC. Bronze Age 2,000BC – 500BC. Iron Age 500BC – 450AD. Stone Age. Mesolithic Period 7,000BC – 3,700BC. Neolithic Period 3,700BC – 2,000BC. Why Humans Settled Down. Why Humans Became Food Producers. Foraging. Farming. Knew much about local plant and animal species. Good nutrition. Less work. Stable food supply. Hard work. Food source is unreliable – food crisis. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) . 40,000 BCE – 8,000(Near East) or 4,000 (Europe)BCE. Neolithic (New Stone Age). 8,000 (Near East) or 4,000 (Europe)BCE – 2,000 (Europe)or 3,000 (Near East) BCE. Prehistoric Culture. Where, why and How.. Avebury. Stone Circles. Avebury. is the largest stone circle in the world: it is 427m (1401ft) in diameter covers an area of some 28 acres (11.5 . ha). It . is an extraordinary site formed by a huge circular . Gregg Halkuff. FVHS. Archaeological Digs. Once archaeologists find a site that is likely to have artifacts or fossils, they set up a “dig.”. At a dig in 1959, Mary Leakey found a skull of a hominid. Ms. . Carmelitano. Recap: How do we learn about the past. Archaeology. Archaeological digs. Radiocarbon Dating. : The process of studying the decay of carbon-14 to estimate the age of organic materials, such as wood and leather, up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years. Your task is to create a storybook about the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages that is suitable to read to a second grade student. Your book should compare the two ages and the Ice Age, and have appropriate illustrations to go along with the factual text. Your goal is to present the information from chapter three in a different and more creative format. . Ms. . Carmelitano. The Neolithic Revolution. The “New Stone Age”. The Agricultural Revolution. The shift from “food gathering” to “food producing”. Began between 9000 – 5000 BCE. Important Note. Answer Both Questions. AIM: What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic and Neolithic?. The New . Stone Age. Neolithic. People starting living in small villages. . What do you think caused this change from moving from place to place?. http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg. Farming:. The Biggest Mistake???. Food production = Hard Work!. It often led to:. poorer health. shorter lifespan. harder labor for the majority of people . The Mesolithic Age. The . Mesolithic Age. (Middle Stone Age) went from 12,000-8,000 BCE.. Major changes included the ability to shape and sharpen stone tools, make needles out of bone, etc. . More animals were domesticated, like cows.. Neolithic Revolution. Preview. Cultivation and Domestication. - . The Neolithic Revolution was the beginning of farming and settlement. This period represents a complete change in the way of life for the earliest hunter-gatherers. Rubric Break-down. Thesis: Statement of argument addressing the prompt( evaluating the impacts of the Neolithic revolution). Argument development- used to be called grouping of the documents ( ex. Positive, negative, both, political, economic, cultural). http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg. Food Production:. The Biggest Mistake???. Food production = Hard Work!. It often led to:. poorer health. shorter lifespan. harder labor for the majority of people .