Palaeolithic Period Overview
- Created by: MyrmidonPrinxe
- Created on: 28-05-17 20:19
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- Palaeolithic Period
- Upper
- 250,000 - 9,000BC
- UP sees the development of dwelling structures
- Environment
- Tundra/ Steppe
- During interglacials sea levels rose and deciduous forests grew
- Forest areas sustain 20-30% of biomass compared to tundra
- Communities moved north to follow the tundra
- Forest areas sustain 20-30% of biomass compared to tundra
- During interglacials sea levels rose and deciduous forests grew
- Much of Britain covered in glaciers
- Only trees = dwarf species (birch etc)
- Much of Britain covered in glaciers
- Sea level approx 150m lower than today
- Doggerlamd
- Land bridge between Britain + France
- Doggerlamd
- Fauna
- Megafauna dominate
- Mammoth, wooly rhino, cave bear etc
- Megafauna dominate
- Tundra/ Steppe
- Very few British sites
- Interpreted as the sparsely visited fringe of European hunting grounds
- Evidence types
- Flint tools
- Charoal = Fire
- Animal bones
- Human remains
- Upper
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