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• 1 Hunters to farmers

• 1.1 the body in the peat bog

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• Where and when was the body in the peat bag found?

  In 1950 at Tollund Fen in Denmark

• What was strange about the body?

  It did not look as if it had been there for so long

• What did the body learn us about how people dressed in that time?  

  He wore a leather cap and belt 

• How did the determine how old the body was?

  By a technique called carbon dating

• What was special about the soup he ate?

  It contained some seeds that were hard to find. Probably the soup had been made for a special occasion. All the seeds found in the soup were seeds you see in springtime.

• 1.2 measuring the time

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• How would you describe prehistory on a timeline?

  The past before people could write

• Did prehistory end at the same time everywhere around the world?

  No, in some parts of the world people began to write earlier than in other  parts.

• Where did people start to write sooner, in Egypt or the Netherlands, and when?

  In Egypt; about 5000 years ago. In the Netherlands it was about 2000 years ago.

• Why do we divide prehistory in sections?

  Because the prehistoric period lasted a very long time. We divide it into sections to help us think about it.

• How do we divide prehistory?

  By finding out the kind of tools and weapons people used.