Red deer skull from Star CarrRotunda Museum, Scarborough A number of very rare and important objects have been found at the archaeological site, ‘Star Carr’, dating from the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period. Objects found there, such as these red deer skulls, are...
Exploring axe heads from Prehistoric Britain Despite being thousands of years old, Stone Age tools can often be found in museum collections around the country. Axes would have been an especially vital to the agricultural revolution during the Neolithic or New Stone...
Explore the Discovery of Kirkdale Cave Hyena teethFrom Scarborough Museums and Galleries Incredible though it may seem, this hyena tooth was found in a North Yorkshire cave. It gives us an amazing insight into prehistoric life 120000 years ago, long before evidence...
Birch Bark Rolls from Star CarrRotunda Museum, Scarborough A number of very special objects have been found in the archaeological site ‘Star Carr’, dating from the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period. The objects found there, including these rolls of...
Explore Prehistoric ‘worked’ flint It is relatively common to find prehistoric ‘worked’ flint in areas where early humans lived. Finding examples, however, is still exciting. Such pieces bring us into direct contact with prehistoric people,...
