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Now it's clear that these Neolithic axes were transported all over lreland,as well as to Scotland and the south of England.
現在很顯然，這些新石器時代的斧子被運往愛爾蘭的各處，還送到了蘇格蘭和英格蘭南部。
It's not really surprising that axes from 'axe factories' in England have also been found in Ireland.
英格蘭工廠出的斧子能在愛爾蘭找到也就不新奇了。
At the very least,this indicates that there was a link between the two islands during that period.
至少這表明在那個時期兩個島有聯系。
One of the most useful innovations of the colonisers was pottery making,which was quite unknown to Irish hunter-gatherers.
其中一個殖民者最有用的發明是陶藝制作，這對愛爾蘭的原始狩獵族來說一無所知。
The pottery was probably made by shaping clay into a ball with the hand,and then hollowing it until the walls were the right thickness.
陶瓷可能是靠手將粘土弄成球形，然后掏空中間直到陶瓷壁達到合適的厚度。
After firing,the outside was often polished.
燒制后，外側通常要拋光。
This would have helped the pots to retain water,as they weren't glazed.
這能讓那些罐子存水，因為它們還沒上過釉。
Now we know that the clay used usually came from local sources,which suggests that manufacture was on a fairly small scale,
現在我們知道粘土通常來自當地的資源，這意味著只是小范圍的制造，
even though thousands of fragments are usually found at Neolithic sites.
即使在新石器遺址發現了成千上萬的碎片。
In the course of time decoration began to appear.
最后，裝飾開始出現了。
At first this looked like a series of stitches and was just around the tops of the pots.
最初看起來像是在陶器的頂端圍繞著一系列的針腳。
This could have been an imitation of earlier vessels which were made of leather sewn onto wood.
這可能是模仿早期的一些容器，把皮子縫到木頭上。
Then eventually pots with decoration all over...
然后，陶器的裝飾遍布……
