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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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