Tag Archives: Stone Age Tools

M038 – Mesolithic Knive (British Find)

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 …

P013 – Palaeolithic / Mesolithic Grinding Stone (British Find)

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 …

P012 – Palaeolithic / Mousterian Hand Axe (British Find)

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 …

P011 – Palaeolithic / Mousterian Hand Axe (British Find)

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 …

P009 – Palaeolithic / Mousterian Hand Axe (British Find)

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 …

P008 – Palaeolithic / Mousterian Hand Axe (British Find)

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 …

M030 – Mesolithic Stone Tool (British Find)

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 …