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Prehistory Technical Expert, James Dilley writes

about Archaeology and all things prehistory to help

share his knowledge of the time-period and the crafts

that define it..

10 Interesting Facts About The Stone Age

1. The Stone Age is the longest time period in the human timeline... You could take all the following time periods (to the modern day)...

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In an attempt to avoid this becoming a multi-volume book series on Palaeolithic tool technology, I explore some of the iconic tools from...

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From around the third millennium BC (5000 years ago), people in Iberia began exploiting sources of copper among other raw materials...

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WOOD A material that rarely survives from the earlier end of prehistory is wood. It could be argued that much of prehistory could be...

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There are many different types of stone that can be used to make lithic tools, depending on where you are in the world. 'Lith' meaning...

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We begin our timeline of Prehistoric Britain with the start of the Palaeolithic period, defined by the earliest evidence we currently...

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Ancient Craft has grown beyond anything I had originally imagined! Here's my top 10 highlights from the first 10 years...

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