Ottomar Paeväli PREHISTORIC BRITAIN. The Iberians The Iberians are the oldest historically known inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. About 3000 BC many.

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PREHISTORIC BRITAIN

The Iberians

• The Iberians are the oldest historically known inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula.

• About 3000 BC many parts of Europe, including the British Isles, were inhabited by these people.

• Iberians were skilled riders and each tribe had a chivalry unit.

• The Iberians put up buildings of stone and wood and built the first roads.

The Lady of Elx, made by Iberians.

Iberian knight of Moixent

The Celts• The Celts were a group of peoples that occupied lands

stretching from the British Isles to Gallatia.

• First the Gaels came around 600 BC and the second wave was that of the Cymri or Britons around 300 BC. They brought the technique of smelting iron.

• The Celts lived in villages and built forts, which were protected with ditches and ramparts, on hilltops.

• Celtic is the ancestor of the Gaelic, Irish, and Welsh languages.

The Celtic Cross

Stonehenge

• Stonehenge in England  is one of the most famous  sites and greatest  mysteries  in the world.

• Stonehenge consists of 4 circles.

• The stones are aligned almost perfectly with the sunrise on the summer solstice.

• Close to Stonehenge is the Heelstone, the direction of this, if you stand in the middle of the circles, points towards midsummer Sunrise.

Stonehenge was built in several stages.

•The earliest building stage dates from around 3100 to 2900 BCE, when the outer circular bank and ditch were built, about 300 feet in diameter.

•During the second stage dating from around 2900-2400 BC, some 82 bluestones from the Preseli mountains, in south-west Wales were transported to the site.

•The third stage of Stonehenge, about 2550-1600 BC, saw the arrival of the Sarsen stones, which were almost certainly brought from the Marlborough Downs near Avebury, in north Wiltshire, about 25 miles north of Stonehenge.

•The final stage took place soon after 1500 BC when the bluestones were rearranged in the horseshoe and circle that we see today. 

Stonehenge

The sun rising over Stonehenge on the summer solstice

The Stone-Age Art

• The first known period of prehistoric human culture, during which work was done with stone tools.

• The period began with the earliest human development, about 2 million years ago.

• It is divided into three periods: 1. The Paleolithic period, or Old Stone Age, was the longest phase of human history.

2. The Mesolithic period, or Middle Stone Age, began at the end of the last glacial era, over 10,000 years ago.

3. The time periods and cultural content of the Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, vary with geographic location.

Stone-Age Art Examples

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