Neolithic Ireland

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite pottery shards
passage tombs
polished stone axes
charred cereal grains
court tombs
domesticated animal bones
portal tombs
wedge tombs
gptkbp:characterizedBy domestication of animals
pottery production
introduction of farming
megalithic tomb construction
gptkbp:endDate c. 2500 BCE
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Bronze_Age_Ireland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Neolithic Ireland
gptkbp:inhabitedBy early farming communities
gptkbp:languageSpoken unknown (pre-Celtic)
gptkbp:mainCrops gptkb:wheat
barley
gptkbp:notableCategory gptkb:Megalithic_culture
Farming communities
gptkbp:notableFeature large communal tombs
passage tomb art
ritual landscapes
solar alignments at Newgrange
gptkbp:notablePlace flint tools
pottery vessels
polished stone axes
carved stone balls
quern stones
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Carrowkeel
gptkb:Carrowmore
gptkb:Loughcrew
gptkb:Newgrange
gptkb:Dowth
gptkb:Knowth
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Neolithic_Europe
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Mesolithic_Ireland
gptkbp:region gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Neolithic_Britain
gptkb:Atlantic_Neolithic
gptkb:European_Neolithic
gptkbp:significantEvent transition to agriculture
construction of megalithic monuments
gptkbp:species gptkb:livestock
goats
pigs
gptkbp:startDate c. 4000 BCE
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:pre-Christian_Ireland
gptkb:Prehistoric_Ireland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6