Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
C6ide 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:
— a traditional method used by local people to dig for [33] was used to identify where stones were located
— 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:
— cooking indoors
— pots used for storage and to make [36]
• Each field at Ceide 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]