Month: February 2021

Antiquity Collection Palaeolithic Age Tools Stone Age Tools

P020 – Palaeolithic Scraper (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Palaeolithic Stone Tools The Palaeolithic is often divided into lower, middle and upper. British Isles: Humans probably first arrived in Britain around 800,000 BC. These early inhabitants had to cope with extreme environmental changes and they left Britain at least seven times when conditions became too bad. The period lasted between 800,000 and 12,000 years ago which saw the end of the last …

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P019 – Palaeolithic Hand Axe (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Palaeolithic Stone Tools The Palaeolithic is often divided into lower, middle and upper. British Isles: Humans probably first arrived in Britain around 800,000 BC. These early inhabitants had to cope with extreme environmental changes and they left Britain at least seven times when conditions became too bad. The period lasted between 800,000 and 12,000 years ago which saw the end of the last …

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P018 – Palaeolithic Hand Axe (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Palaeolithic Stone Tools The Palaeolithic is often divided into lower, middle and upper. British Isles: Humans probably first arrived in Britain around 800,000 BC. These early inhabitants had to cope with extreme environmental changes and they left Britain at least seven times when conditions became too bad. The period lasted between 800,000 and 12,000 years ago which saw the end of the last …

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P017 – Palaeolithic / Mesolithic Hand Axe (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Palaeolithic Stone Tools The Palaeolithic is often divided into lower, middle and upper. British Isles: Humans probably first arrived in Britain around 800,000 BC. These early inhabitants had to cope with extreme environmental changes and they left Britain at least seven times when conditions became too bad. The period lasted between 800,000 and 12,000 years ago which saw the end of the last …

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P016 – Palaeolithic / Mesolithic Hand Axe (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Palaeolithic Stone Tools The Palaeolithic is often divided into lower, middle and upper. British Isles: Humans probably first arrived in Britain around 800,000 BC. These early inhabitants had to cope with extreme environmental changes and they left Britain at least seven times when conditions became too bad. The period lasted between 800,000 and 12,000 years ago which saw the end of the last …

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P015 – Palaeolithic Scraper (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Palaeolithic Stone Tools The Palaeolithic is often divided into lower, middle and upper. British Isles: Humans probably first arrived in Britain around 800,000 BC. These early inhabitants had to cope with extreme environmental changes and they left Britain at least seven times when conditions became too bad. The period lasted between 800,000 and 12,000 years ago which saw the end of the last …

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N021 – Neolithic Scraper (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

The Neolithic British Isles refers to the period of British, Irish and Manx history that spanned from c. 4000 to c. 2,500 BCE. The final part of the Stone Age in the British Isles, it was a part of the greater Neolithic, or “New Stone Age“, across Europe. Humans first settled down and began farming. …

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M056 -Mesolithic Flat Grinding Stone / Plate (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Mesolithic stone tools The Mesolithic is the name given to the period between the end of the last ice age, In Britain the Mesolithic (Middle Stone) period began around 12,000 years ago as the climate began to warm up at the end of the last Ice Age. Trees and plants began to grow again and forest animals such as deer crossed the land bridge …

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M055 – Mesolithic Mallet (British Find)

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Mesolithic stone tools The Mesolithic is the name given to the period between the end of the last ice age, In Britain the Mesolithic (Middle Stone) period began around 12,000 years ago as the climate began to warm up at the end of the last Ice Age. Trees and plants began to grow again and forest animals such as deer crossed the land bridge …

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M054 – Mesolithic Hammer or Natural Stone (British Find)

By on Thursday, February 25, 2021

Mesolithic stone tools The Mesolithic is the name given to the period between the end of the last ice age, In Britain the Mesolithic (Middle Stone) period began around 12,000 years ago as the climate began to warm up at the end of the last Ice Age. Trees and plants began to grow again and forest animals such as deer crossed the land bridge …

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