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Hunter-gatherers Kept an 'Orderly Home' in the Earliest Known British Dwelling
University of York
Archaeological evidence from the world-famous Mesolithic site of Star Carr in North Yorkshire has shown that hunter-gatherers likely kept an orderly home by creating ‘zones’ for particular domestic activities.
The research team from the University of York and the University of Newcastle, looked at microscopic evidence from the use of stone tools found inside three structures - potentially cone-like in shape or domed - dating to over 11,000 years ago at the Star Carr site.
They found that there was a range of activities that were likely to have taken place inside the ‘home’, including wood, bone, antler, plant, hide, meat and fish related work. The researchers then plotted out spatial patterns for these activities to pin-point where within the dwelling these activities might have occurred.
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Dr Jess Bates, from the University of York’s Department of Archaeology said:
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