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History
early ireland
Term | Definition |
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Mesolithic | a period when hunter gatherers used simple stone tools |
hunter-gatherers | people who got food by hunting animals and collecting nits and berries |
Neolithic | period when people farmed and used better stone tools |
dolmen | a tomb made of upright stones |
capstone | a large flat stone that lies on top of a dolmen |
bronze | a mixture of tin and copper |
smith | a person who made metal objects |
tuath | the land and people ruled by a king |
Ri | a Celtic king |
dearbhfine | the celtic royal family |
monastery | a place where people who devoted their lives to god lived |
scriptorium | where monks copied manuscripts |
druids | celtic priests |