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The Early Middle Palaeolithic in Britain: archaeology, settlement history and human behaviour

White, M.; Scott, B.; Ashton, N.

Authors

B. Scott

N. Ashton



Abstract

A number of archaeological sites dated to MIS 8 and MIS 7 and containing Early Middle Palaeolithic Levalloisian assemblages can now be identified within the British Palaeolithic record. These provide a mixture of high- and low-resolution signatures, which together permit the reconstruction of aspects of early Neanderthal behaviour, settlement history and technological organisation within the British Isles. Much is certainly missing, but it is now possible to begin the task of disentangling the previously conflated Middle Palaeolithic, separating those sites belonging to the Middle Pleistocene from those dating to the last climatic cycle. This paper presents the first attempt to synthesise the data from the Early Middle Palaeolithic and presents some of our preliminary and tentatively held interpretations of what it might mean.

Citation

White, M., Scott, B., & Ashton, N. (2006). The Early Middle Palaeolithic in Britain: archaeology, settlement history and human behaviour. Journal of Quaternary Science, 21(5), 525-541. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1034

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 1, 2006
Deposit Date Aug 7, 2009
Journal Journal of Quaternary Science
Print ISSN 0267-8179
Electronic ISSN 1099-1417
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 21
Issue 5
Pages 525-541
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1034
Keywords Middle Palaeolithic, Levallois, MIS 7, Neanderthal.


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