Here are some of the innovations that had a
dramatic impact on lifestyle and landscape during
the Neolithic period
Draw a line to connect the development in technology with the effect it had on lifestyle or
landscape
Developments
Effects
Improved Arrows/ Spearheads
Permanent vessels for varied food
Coracle (river boat)
Speedier flour - making for bread
Development of quern stones
Better quality axe-heads
Thatching techniques
Clay pots
Tomb construction
Quicker felling of forests to obtain farmland
Killing of bigger animals
Focal points for burial and ritual
More comfortable and lasting houses
Easier capture of salmon and trout