Lynford Quarry is the location of a well-preserved in-situ Middle Palaeolithic open-air site near Mundford, Norfolk.
The site, which dates to approximately 60,000 years ago, is believed to show evidence of hunting by Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis). The finds include the in-situ remains of at least nine woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), associated with Mousterian stone tools and debitage. The artefactual, faunal and environmental evidence were sealed within a Middle Devensian palaeochannel with a dark organic fill. Well preserved in-situ sites of the time are exceedingly rare in Europe and very unusual within a British context.[1]
The site also produced rhinoceros teeth, antlers, as well as other faunal evidence. The stone tools on the site numbered 600, made up of individual artefacts or waste flakes. Particularly interesting were the 44 hand axes of sub-triangular or ovate form.[2]
The site was dated to Marine Isotope Stage 3 using Optically Stimulated Luminescence dating of the sand from the two layers of deposits within the channel.[2]
LynfordQuarry is the location of a well-preserved in-situ Middle Palaeolithic open-air site near Mundford, Norfolk. The site, which dates to approximately...
sapiens sapiens have been found in association with Mousterian artifacts. LynfordQuarry near Mundford, Norfolk, England, has yielded Mousterian tools. The archaeological...
flint mine open to visitors in Great Britain, lie a mile to the south. LynfordQuarry is one of only two sites on mainland Britain which has evidence of Neanderthal...
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responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county councils. LynfordQuarry in Mundford is a well-preserved in-situ Middle Palaeolithic open-air...
Coward, F. (eds.) 2012 Neanderthals among mammoths: excavations at LynfordQuarry, Norfolk UK, English Heritage Monographs. Dunbar, R., Gamble, C. and...
Hotel de Paris, Cromer The Lifeboat Inn, Thornham Links Hotel, West Runton Lynford Hall Maids Head Hotel, Norwich Manor Hotel, Mundesley The Red Lion Hotel...
desperate to keep their tryst a secret from his boyfriend, Simon (Andrew Lynford). He tells Frankie that their night together was a mistake, however, Frankie...
Neanderthal man, dated to around 58,000 BC, in the Thetford Forest at Lynford. David Miles the chief archaeologist at English Heritage said: "It is extremely...
heavily wooded lake or "mere", which was the product of extensive flint quarrying and a breeding ground of the black-headed gull. Large numbers of eggs...
Frances Fielden 1936 and in a leadlight style, mostly in clear and gold with quarries in diaper and embellished with roses. The figurative motif for the three...
Discoid hand axe
Cordiform hand axe
Amygdaloid hand axe
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