1 BEECH HISTORY
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BRONZE AGE HOMES AND SETTLEMENTS
Read the other side of this page and answer these questions:
1. Describe how Bronze Age houses were built.
2. What was the HEARTH used for?
3. How do archaeologists know what these houses looked
like?
4. What was a PALISADE used for?
1 BEECH
HISTORY
19.1.04
Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B
wattle
timber fence used for defence
daub
to dig carefully
excavate
ancient articles made by people
palisade
straw or reeds used for roofing
artefacts
a mixture of wet straw and mud
thatch
a fireplace
archaeologist
hearth
interwoven branches used to make walls
a person who studies ancient remains