Prehistory
How did daily life change in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age? KEY VOCABULARY Chronology - The arrangement of dates or events in the order in which they occurred. BC - Before Christ. A way of dating years before the birth of Jesus. AD Anno Domini - “in the year of our Lord”. Archaeology - The study of the buildings, graves, tools and other objects that belonged to people who lived in the past. Hunter-gatherers - People who found food from their local environment and then moved from site to site depending on the
Key Questions 1. What was life like in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic? 2. What changed from the Paleolithic to the Mesolithic? 3. What did people eat in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic? 4. How did the search for food change in the Neolithic? 5. What tools were used in the Neolithic? 6. Who were the beaker people? 7. How did tools change after the Neolithic? 8. How did the Bronze Age move into the Iron Age? 9. What are roundhouses? 10. What is a hillfort?
Cave Painting Golden Threads Settlement Migration Civilisation Trade Industry
season. They moved wherever they needed to get food from. Farmers - The Neolithic or new Stone Age saw the beginnings of agriculture. Animals such as the cow and sheep were domesticated and provided a ready supply of meat, milk, wool, leather and bone. Grain was the first food that could be stored for long periods of time.
Stonehenge A prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet high, 7 feet wide and weighing around 25 tons.
Stone Age Tools