The World of Stonehenge - 2

Episode 2 Neil Oliver explores how farming made an impact on Britain.  A social revolution came with the advent of farming in Britain.  The Ice Age was over and Britain was covered in trees.  Our ancestors worked with the land, they knew how to be a part of nature.  Britain was still attached to Europe, however sea levels were rising which meant people couldn't travel easily back and forth any more.

The Isle of Wright was still attached to Britain and underneath the waters shows the world before the rising sea levels turned Britain into an island.  It was the world of the Stone Age.  An old long boat was discovered on the site.  There was a discovery of seeds of barley, they came from Syria.  The Society of Britain went from hunter and gatherers to farming.   Families could grow their own food and support larger families.  They slowly started to get away from the natural world.  Our ancestors no longer needed to be a part of nature to survive.

Britain's farming revolution started slow, the channel proving to be a barrier to a quick revolution.  The first farmers came to Britain came over by boat.  They came to Kent first where the soil was fertile and could provide well for the first farming families.  Even today, Kent has excellent soil.  However, there is little evidence of how the early farmers lived.  Neil travels to Ireland in order to find the evidence to show how the early farmers live.  Neil helps uncover a wall while harvesting peat.

In Ireland, in a bog, stone walls made by farmers from the early farmers.  The walls are extensive, they are also finding a huge field system set up by the farmers.  There are fields for growing crops and for separating animals.  Peat is another history book that documents what went on in the past.  It shows the history of the forest before it became farmland.

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World of Stonehenge Episode 2 Questions:

1. The people weren’t just close to nature but they were what?
2. What happened to the land as the sea rose?
3. What was discovered underneath the sea?
4. How old was the piece of timber?
5. What did the find on the site?
6. What seeds did Neil old in the tube?  Where did they come from?
7. How did that change civilization?
8. What age was ushered in by the seeds?
9. Who erected the stone circles?
10. How did the first farmers get to Britain?

World of Stonehenge Episode 2 Answers:

1. The people weren’t just close to nature but they were what? - Part of nature
2. What happened to the land as the sea rose? - Became marsh
3. What was discovered underneath the sea? - Boat building yard and hunting camp
4. How old was the piece of timber? - 8,000 years old
5. What did they find on the site? - Logboat
6. What seeds did Neil old in the tube?  Where did they come from? - Barley, Syria
7. How did that change civilization? - Going from hunter/gathererers to farmers
8. What age was ushered in by the seeds? - Neolithic
9. Who erected the stone circles? - Hunter and Gatherers
10. How did the first farmers get to Britain? - By boat