The Stone Age by M Mulhern https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol Ancient Irish History en-us 2017-08-16 22:54:58 UTC 2017-08-16 23:03:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Who were the first people to discover Ireland? marissamulhern https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181345806 Archaeologists believe that the first people arrived in Ireland around 8000 years ago (6000 BC). They called this era The Stone Age.

What is the job of an archaeologist?

From your study of the work of an archaeologist, what techniques and methods would the archaeologist have used when making discoveries about The Stone Age?



]]> 2017-08-16 22:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181345806 The Ice Age marissamulhern https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181345876 During the Ice Age, Ireland was uninhabitable. Meaning it wasnt a suitable place to live because it was surrounded by Ice. Take a look at this map of what historians and archaeologists believe Ireland might have looked like during the Ice Age.




]]> 2017-08-16 22:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181345876 The Stone Age marissamulhern https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181345994 •The earliest settlers were the Stone Age people
•There was three different types of Stone Age people: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic
•They migrated into Britain from Scandinavia in small man made boats and then crossed the narrow stretch of water from Scotland to Ireland
This period was known as The Stone Age because the people relied on stone materials for survival
]]> 2017-08-16 23:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181345994 The Mesolithic Era marissamulhern https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181346064 •The first settlers in Ireland arrived during the Mesolithic period
•Ireland’s earliest settlers lived by fishing,hunting and gathering
•Ireland in those days was covered in forests which meant that these early settlers lived beside rivers and lakes and travelled in small boats made from animal hide


]]> 2017-08-16 23:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181346064 Maps of Europe during the Stone Age marissamulhern https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181346118 2017-08-16 23:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/marissamulhern/ddxt5jm9wlol/wish/181346118