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Early Ireland
Term | Definition |
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Mesolithic | a period when hunter-gatherers used simple stone tools |
Hunter-gatherers | people who get their food by hunting animals and gathering nuts and berries |
Flint | a very hard rock that splits into sharp pieces when it is broken |
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 age | when people started adding tin to copper to make a harder metal called bronze |
Smith | a person who made metal objects |
Iron age | when a new metal called iron was discovered that eventually replaced bronze |
Tuath | the land and the people ruled by the king |
RĂ | a Celtic king |
Derbhine | the Celtic royal family |