Some men brought their hunting dogs on leashes to
follow scent trails to the animal. The men threw stones and spears
with flint points at the animals. They used wood clubs to beat
them, at the same time using wood shields to protect their bodies.
They watched the phases of the moon and learned to predict when it
would be full and give the most light for night hunting. This
began the concept of a month. Circles of stone like Stonehenge
were built with alignments to paths of the moon.
If hunting groups from two clans tried to follow the same deer,
there might be a fight between the clans or a blood feud. After
the battle, the clan would bring back its dead and wounded. A
priest officiated over a funeral for a dead man. His wife would
often also go on the funeral pyre with him.
The priest also officiated over sacrifices of humans, who were
usually offenders found guilty of transgressions. Sacrifices were
usually made in time of war or pestilence, and usually before the
winter made food scarce.
The clan ate deer that had been cooked on a spit over a fire, and
fruits and vegetables which had been gathered by the women. They
drank water from springs. In the spring, food was plentiful. There
were eggs of different colors in nests and many hare to eat. The
goddess Easter was celebrated at this time.
After this hunting and gathering era, there was farming and
domestication of animals such as horses, pigs, sheep, goats,
chicken, and cattle.
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