Céide Fields
Test 1 part 4
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Questions 31-40

Céide Fields

an important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland

Discovery

In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once 31
His 32 became an archaeologist and undertook an investigation of the site:
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a traditional method used by local people to dig for 33 was used to identify where stones were located
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carbon dating later proved the site was Neolithic.
Items are well preserved in the bog because of a lack of 34

Neolithic farmers

Houses were 35 in shape and had a hole in the roof.
Neolithic innovations include:
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cooking indoors
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pots used for storage and to make 36
Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big 37
The fields were probably used to restrict the grazing of animals - no evidence of structures to house them during 38

Reasons for the decline in farming

a decline in 39 quality
an increase in 40