2. Coastal geologic formations probably formed during at least the last Ice Age across from Ceide Fields (c. CARSON May, 2007)

3. CEIDE FIELDS, NEOLITHIC SITE, BALLYCASTLE, COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND (c. CARSON May, 2007)

4. This exhibition demonstrates how the bog (rotted peat, mulch, and other organic matter) hardened, encroached upon, and eventually covered the Neolithic settlement at Ceide Fields. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

5. Neolithic technology: Agrarian settlement called for new forms of technology, like this plow. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

6. Neolithic Society & Life: A representation of a Neolithic woman grinding grain. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

7. Neolithic Technology: The New Stone Age and the development of agriculture as a way of life demanded new tools such as these simple stone implements used for grinding grain. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

8. Neolithic Society & Culture: Care and respect for the elderly and sick is apparent in this exhibition showing a girl serving an aged woman. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

9. Megalithic Cemetery, Carrowmore, County Sligo, Ireland (c. Carson, May, 2007)

10. Cairn at Carrowmore Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland cairns are piles of rocks usually arranged with four or more base stones with another rock on top; cairns are monuments that may memorialize the dead, serve as a marker, or be used for astronomical observations. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

11. Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery: Stone Age peoples exhibited cultural markers in the respect paid to the dead as is evidenced by the tombs, or cairns, shown here. (c. CARSON May, 2007)

12. Tomb 51, or Listoghil, at Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery County Sligo, Ireland (c. CARSON May, 2007)

13. Tomb 51, or Listoghil, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland (c. CARSON May, 2007)

14. Tomb 51, or Listoghil, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland (c. CARSON May, 2007)

15. Entrance to Tomb 51, or Listoghil, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo, Ireland (c. CARSON May, 2007)

16. Cairn inside Tomb 51 at Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery (c. CARSON May, 2007)

17. Cairns, such as this one in Tomb 51 at Carrowmore Cemetery, are artificial piles, or arrangements of stones, often used to mark a burial site, or to memorialize the dead. (c. CARSON May, 2007)