Ancient Ireland stone age when people used stone to make tools

Ancient Ireland Paleolithic old stone age (irrelevant) Mesolithic Ireland was covered in ice Mesolithic middle stone age began after 10,000 B.C.E first people arrived

Ancient Ireland Mesolithic 8000 B.C.E. ended around 4500 B.C.E. land covered in Pine, Oak, Elm and Hazel ended around 4500 B.C.E. coming of the first farmers

Ancient Ireland Invasion Myths Fir Bolgs Tuatha DeDanann became the legendary faerie people Sons of Mil (Meal) Celts

Ancient Ireland First Irish Settlements all near water along the coast beside inland lakes and rivers extended family of twenty-five ideal size for hunters / gatherers

Ancient Ireland First Irish Settlements 5000 B.C.E. the farming revolution reached Ireland

Ancient Ireland The First Farmers 4000 B.C.E. Neolithic Ireland all sheep or cattle came in by boat everything needed for a farming existence had to be carried in by boat farmers and hunter-gatherers existed side-by- side for a long period of time

Ancient Ireland Tombs & Tribal Leaders 4000 to 2000 B.C.E. 4000 to 3000 B.C.E. temperatures in the northern hemisphere were several degrees higher than today in the fertile crescent, food surpluses made urban life possible

Ancient Ireland Tombs & Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs great tombs for the dead were being built in northern Europe ready supply of workers able to spend months away from farming strong leadership

Ancient Ireland Tombs & Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs portal tombs court tombs wedge tombs passage tombs

Ancient Ireland Tombs & Tribal Leaders Megalithic Tombs sophisticated organization degree of specialization in human activity architects - design stone carvers - cut stones masons - build engineers create ramps & pulleys artists - spirals and lozenges

Ancient Ireland Bronze Age 4500 B.C.E. farmers living in modern day Turkey learned to extract metal from rocks the Bronze Age spread northwest along the trade routes 3500 B.C.E. it arrived in Spain 2400 B.C.E. it reached Ireland

Ancient Ireland Bronze Age 2400 B.C.E. forest covered most of Ireland tools allowed humans to shape their environment metal tools allowed them to do it faster and more effectively

Ancient Ireland Bronze Age The Beaker Folk bronze age technology spread warrior aristocrats from Spain & Rhine Valley spread the new technology throughout Europe better pottery and new skills in metal working religious practices were changing stone circles appeared for the first time