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archaeologists People who work out our history Sticky Knowledge about the Important
by looking at artefacts that have Stone-age period
artefact been found. Skara Brae
? The stone-age period is said to have started just Is an archaeological site
Neolithic An object made by human over 3000 year ago when humans started to live in found on the Orkney
beings, usually with historical or Europe. Islands in Scotland. It is a
B.C. cultural interest. stone age village that has
? The stone-age was followed by the bronze –age been well preserved.
chronology Is the later part of the stone age period. This is when humans started to use metal.
and follows the Palaeolithic and Stonehenge
tribal Mesolithic age. ? The bronze-age was followed by the iron-age when Is a famous stone age
hunter- tools and weapons became more advanced and monument in Wiltshire.
gatherers Before Christ. A date like 250BC were used for farming.
shelter means 250 years before Christ
civilization was born. ? During the Palaeolithic Age (old stone age), man
settlement gathered food by hunting wild animals and birds,
The ordering of events, for fishing, and collecting fruits and nuts.
Prey example the stone, bronze and
iron age. ? During the Neolithic Age (towards end of the stone-
age), the humans formed settled communities, and
Groups of people who live domesticated plants and animals for the first time in
together. history.

People who mainly live by
hunting, fishing and gathering
wild fruit.

A house where stone age people
would have lived.

A group that lived during a
period of time long ago.

A place where there were
several stone age shelters, like a
small village.

An animal that is hunted for its
food.

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