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Questions 31-40
Céide Fields
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an important Neolithic archaeological site in the northwest of Ireland
Discovery
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In the 1930s, a local teacher realised that stones beneath the bog surface were once 31
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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.
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Items are well preserved in the bog because of a lack of 34
Neolithic farmers
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Houses were 35 in shape and had a hole in the roof.
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Neolithic innovations include:
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cooking indoors
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pots used for storage and to make 36
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Each field at Céide was large enough to support a big 37
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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
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a decline in 39 quality
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an increase in 40