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What was a sickle used for?

Harvesting crops

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Why might there be several "maze-like" fences around the hill fort?

To confuse the enemy

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Round house roofs were thatched and walls were made of ........

wattle and daub

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Iron Age people used tools made of ............

deer antlers and ox shoulder blades

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trap

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rocket

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baam

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Why were hill forts built on hills?

So that they could see all around and spot enemies coming

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How was the hill fort "fortified"?

with ramparts (earth walls), ditches, fences with wooden posts

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Cloth was woven from wool on a ..............

Loom

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Name three ways in which food in Iron Ages times was different to our food today

No processed foods; very simple; meat, vegetable, grains fruit; no sugar

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What can we see of hill forts now?

Ditches and mounds of earth (earthworks)

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How can experts detect what lies beneath the earth in hill forts?

Using radar equipment

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What was used to preserve meat?

Salt (meat could also be smoked and air dried)

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Why might precious objects be thrown into water by Iron Age people?

As an offering to the Gods

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How was grain stored?

In pits in the ground (sealed with clay)

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