Paleolithic Britain Flashcards
The “recorded history” of Britain is conventionally reckoned to begin when, though some historical information is available before then
in AD 43 with the Roman invasion of Britain
When did modern Humans arrive in Britain
around 42,000 years before present
What Period is the earliest known occupation of Britain by humans
Paelolithic
Where and when were the earliest finds of human activity in Britain
flint tools found near Happisburgh in Norfolk and Pakefield in Suffolk at least 814,000 years ago.
Around 800,000 years ago Southern and Eastern Britain were linked to continental Europe by a wide land bridge, what was it called
Doggerland
Sites such as Boxgrove in Sussex around 500,000 years ago illustrate the later arrival in the archaeological record of an archaic Homo species called what
Homo Heidlebegansis
What period after the Boxgrove site was Britian unhabited due to colder climates
Anglian Stage 478,000 years ago to 424,000 years ago
What made the Anglian Stage so uninhabitable for Humans
he Anglian was the most extreme glaciation during the last 2 million years.
What Warmer Period followed the Anglian stage
Hoxnian stage
the Warmer Hoxnian stage lasted between when
from around 424,000 until 374,000 years ago
What did the Hoxnian stage see
It saw flint tool industry develop at sites such as Swanscombe in Kent.
The British Lower Palaeolithic (and equally that of much of northern Europe) is thus a long record of abandonment and colonisation, and a very short record of residency what was The sad but inevitable conclusion
that Britain had little role to play in any understanding of long-term human evolution
What next period of cooling did Britain experience after the Hoxnian stage
Wolstonian Stage, 352,000–130,000 years ago
When did Britain first become an Island
350,000 years ago
What are the Earliest Neanderthal remains discovered and where
at the Pontnewydd Cave in Wales have been dated to 230,000 Years ago
What is most striking about the Neanderthal finds at Pontnewydd Cave in Wales
They are the most north westerly Neanderthal remains found anywhere in the world.
From what period after 230,000 years ago are there no evidence of human occupation, probably due to inhospitable cold in some periods, Britain being cut off as an island in others, and the neighbouring areas of north-west Europe being unoccupied by hominins at times when Britain was both accessible and hospitable
180,000 to c.60,000 years ago
What Periods cover the Lower and Middle paleolithic and the Upper paleolithic
Lower and Middle Paleolithic - 800,000 - 45,000 years ago
Upper Paleolithic - 45,000 - 10,000 years ago
What was The earliest evidence for modern humans in North West Europe
a jawbone discovered in England at Kents Cavern in 1927, re-dated in 2011 to between 41,000 and 44,000 years old
What was the most famous example of early human dated to be around 33,000 years old
the “Red Lady of Paviland” (actually now known to be a man) in modern-day coastal South Wales, which in 1823 was
Where was the Red Lady of Paviland discovered
coastal area of the Gower Peninsula, south Wales
what year was the Red lady of Paviland discovered
1823, the first human fossil ever discovered anywhere in the world
When was the Last Glacial Maximum, b
26,500 and–20,000 years ago
the last Glacial maximum drove humans out of Britain, and there is no evidence of occupation between what period
for around 33,000 to 15,000 years ago
