1 Over 100 Lower Paaleolithic artefacts recovered since the 1980s, most since 2004. Includes four andesite handaxes, two of the finest workmanship, the rest quartzite choppers, cores and flakes, ...
A lower Palaeolithic occupation site, predating the Anglian glaciation.
1 A palaeolithic site first recognised in 1984, revealed during the extraction of the overlying periglacial gravels. An ancient river course with four distinct channels. The most important ...
Findspot - four Palaeolithic handaxes, a pebble tool and a scraper were found in a river channel 1km south of Bubbenhall. The finds suggest that this was a pre-Anglian Lower Palaeolithic occupation site.
The first woodlands
Following retreat of the last ice sheets, roughly 12,000 years ago, the climate warmed and woodlands spread over much of central England, colonising the rich fertile soils, nourished ...
