What is Neolithic British Isles?
[[File:Ring of Brodgar 3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Ring of Brodgar]]]] [[Image:Skara Brae house 1 5.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The inside of the Neolithic houses constructed on [[Skara Brae]] in the [[Orkney Islands|Orkneys]], northeast of Scotland.]] [[Image:SilburyHill gobeirne.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Neolithic site of [[Silbury Hill]] in [[Wiltshire]], southern England, is one example of the large ceremonial monuments constructed across the British Isles in this period.]] The '''[[Neolithic]] [[British Isles]]''' is about the remains of [[tribe]]s living in the islands from about 4000 [[BC]] to 2,500 BC. These people left stone monuments and other remains in [[Great Britain]], [[Ireland]], the [[Isle of Man]] and many other islands.<ref name=Adkins>Adkins, Roy & Leslie and Victoria Leitch 2008. ''The Handbook of British Archaeology''. 2nd ed, Constable, London.</ref><sup>p37</sup> The Neolithic was the last part of the [[Stone Age]] in the British Isles. == World Heritage sites == The most outstanding Neolithic [[archaeological site]]s are now [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Sites]]. *[[Heart of Neolithic Orkney]] **[[Skara Brae]] **[[Ring of Brodgar]] **[[Maeshowe]] *[[Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites]] **[[Avebury]] **[[Stonehenge]] **[[Woodhenge]] **[[Durrington Walls]] == Neolithic in British Isles == Before the Neolithic period was the [[Mesolithic]] period, and after the Neolithic was the [[Bronze Age]]. During the Mesolithic, the inhabitants of the British Isles were [[nomad]]ic [[hunter-gatherer]]s. Around 4000 BC new ideas arrived in the islands from continental Europe. These ideas were taken up by the natives, and led to huge changes in both the society and the landscape. This has been called the [[Neolithic Revolution]]. The Neolithic is marked by [[agriculture]] and living in settlements, with the hunter-gatherer lifestyle declining. To make room for the new farmland, these early agricultural communities cut down trees ([[deforestation]]) across the islands. This very greatly changed the [[