文档介绍：史前英国(5000BC-)-Neolithic(newstoneage)Periodbegins;firstevidenceoffarmingappears;stoneaxes,bs,-Constructionofthe"SweetTrack"(namedforitsdiscoverer,RaySweet)begun;manysimilarraised,woodenwalkwayswereconstructedatthistimeprovidingawaytotraversethelow,boggy,swampyareasintheSomersetLevels,nearGlastonbury;earliest-munitiesappear(,Devon).-3000-Firstappearanceoflongbarrowsandchamberedtombs;atHambledonHill(Dorset),theprimitiveburialriteknownas"corpseexposure"waspracticed,-2500-CastleriggStoneCircle(Cumbria),oneofBritain'searliestandmostbeautiful,begun;PentreIfan(Dyfed),aclassicexampleofachamberedtomb,constructed;BrynCelliDdu(Anglesey),knownasthe"moundinthedarkgrove,"begun,oneofthefinestexamplesofa"passagegrave."-BronzeAgebegins;multi-chamberedtombsinuse()firstappearanceofhenge"monuments;"constructionbegunonSilburyHill,Europe'slargestprehistoric,man-madehill(132ft);"BeakerFolk,"identifiedbythepotterybeakers(alongwithotherobjects)-1500-MoststonecirclesinBritishIsleserectedduringthisperiod;puposeofthecirclesisuncertain,-ConstructionbegunonBritain'-MetalobjectsarewidelymanufacturedinEnglandaboutthistime,firstfromcopper,thenwitharsenicandtinadded;wo