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Mesolithic
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second phase of Stone Age (transition) defined by: simplified images - painting/engraving, people are now depicted
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Neolithic
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last phase of the Stone Age - *domesticaed animals*cultivated crops*permanent settlements* Lots of stone
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Paleolithic
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First phase of Stone Age. Defined by: small figurines of unclothed women, cave paintings - animals
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Bronze Age
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After Stone Age - introduced from the South and East
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smelting
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mixture of tin and copper - makes bronze. Man and Chariot
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dolman
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A megalithic tomb - post/lintel method - covered, then mended over with dirt and smaller rocks - made a cairn
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megalith
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huge block of stone
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passage grave
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A type of megalithic tomb - entered by one or more narrow, stonelined passageways into a large, central toom, the burial chamber
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menhir
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single vertifal megalith, usually weighing several tons
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henge
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a circle of stones/posts, often built on embankments
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post and lintel
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2 or more vertical posts support a horizontal one - started with Neolithics, used by many cultures
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prehistory
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all of human existence prior to the emergence of writing
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