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PREHISTORIC BRITAINRoberta-Triin Sildmäe
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+Prehistoric Britain
The Stone, Bronze and Iron Age
500 000 BC people migrate from Europe to Britain
6000 BC the land bridge joining Britain to Europe is flooded as the sea level rises
Britain becomes an island
+The Stone Age
From 800 000 to 4000 years ago
Palaeolitic era (Old Stone Age) Glacial movements Early inhabitants Hunters-gatherers Flint tools
Neolithic era (New Stone Age) Agriculture Burial practice Wooden tools, pottery, bows Skara Brae village, Orkney isle
+Use of flint in the Stone Age
Neolithic flint axehead
Palaeolithic handaxe
+The Iberians
People of Greek and Roman sources
Originate from the Iberian peninsula or the North African coast
Lived in tribes
Worked with stone and bronze
Agricultural techniques The lady of Elx
Iberian falcata
+Stonehenge Located in Wiltshire, England
Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC
Standing stones set within earthworks
May have been a burial ground
It was aligned with the midwinter sunset and the midsummer sunset
It took at least 30 million hours of labor to build and some say it took approximately 1500 years
UNESCO World Heritage Site
+The Bronze Age
Around 2200 to 750 BC
Beaker People Pottery The first metalsmiths in Britain Working first in copper and gold, later
in bronze
Stone circles
Drastic climate change
Extent of the Beaker culture
+Use of bronze
Bronze shield, 1200-700 BC Socketed axes from a hoard
+Uffington White Horse
+The Iron Age Around 750 BC – 43 AD
Iron was a harder, more durable and plentiful substance
Organised tribal groups, ruled by a chieftain
Coinage
Traiding with the mainland Hunting dogs, animal skins Slaves Minerals, metalwork Pottery, wine Roundhouse
+Iron Age culture
The Waterloo helmet
The Battersea shield
+Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Britain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/
http://www.britannia.com/history/pretime.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Prehistory_index.htm
http://www.davidscottgehring.com/his123/prehistoric.htm
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