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Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site

July 9, 2023579 Views

Researchers at the UCL Institute of Archaeology have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain. The excavations, which took place in Kent and were commissioned in advance of development of the Maritime Academy School in Frindsbury, revealed prehistoric artefacts in deep Ice Age sediments preserved on a hillside above the Medway Valley. The researchers, from UCL Archaeology South-East, discovered 800 stone artefacts thought to be over 300,000 years old, buried in sediments which filled a sinkhole and ancient river channel, outlined in their research, published in Internet Archaeology. ASE Senior Archaeologist Letty Ingrey inspects a very large flint handaxe that she is holding in her hands. Several other flint stone handaxes, some round, some pointed ...

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Ice-age remains near Sea of Galilee show ancient residents thrived as ice melted

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January 30, 2022895 Views

Hebrew University analysis of animal remains at 23,000 year old fisher-hunter-gatherer camp prove these ancient inhabitants thrived where many starved A new article published today in PLOS ONE by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Institute of Archaeology team and colleagues focused on the remains of a previously submerged fisher-hunter-gatherer camp on the shores of the Sea of Galilee from around 23,000 years ago. Through a close analysis of the abundance, variety and through use of animal remains, the team concluded that these survivors of the latest Ice Age thrived whereas most of their contemporaries, in other parts of the world, were nearly starved, due to the Earth’s extremely cold temperatures. The Israeli site, known as Ohalo II, was occupied at the end of the las...