Timeline of prehistoric Britain
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Events from the prehistory of Britain (to 1 BC). The entries are backed by modern research in archaeology.
Events
- c. 950,000 or 840,000 BC
- 2010. Flints worked in south-eastern Britain.[1]
- c. 800,000 BC
- Happisburgh early flint workings; footprints.
- c. 700,000 BC
- Pakefield early flint workings.
- c. 500,000 BC
- Eartham Pit, Boxgrove the oldest known human remains found in Britain.
- c. 250,000 BC
- Swanscombe Man (actually a woman), the second oldest known human remains found in Britain.[2]
- c. 180,000 BC
- English Channel forms, separating Britain from the mainland.[3]
- c. 26,000 BC
- Cave-dwelling Upper Paleolithic peoples in Britain.[2]
- c. 10,000 BC
- c. 8300 BC
- Mesolithic period begins.[2]
- Cheddar Man, the oldest complete human skeleton found in Britain.[4]
- c. 7600 BC
- Howick house in Northumberland, a Mesolithic building.[5]
- c. 4000 BC
- Neolithic period begins in Britain, introducing the first agriculture.[2]
- c. 3000 BC
- c. 2600 BC
- Main phase of construction at Stonehenge begins, replacing earlier wooden and earthen works.
- c. 2300 BC
- Arrival of the Beaker People in Britain.[2]
- c. 1800 BC
- Wessex culture brings bronze-working to Britain.[2]
- c. 1600 BC
- Last construction at Stonehenge.
- c. 1400 BC
- Wessex culture replaced by more agrarian peoples; stone circles and early hillforts produced.[2]
- c. 800 BC
- Celts bring iron working to Britain; Hallstatt Culture.[2]
- c. 400 BC
- c. 330 BC
- Pytheas of Massilia circumnavigates Britain.[2]
- c. 300 BC
- c. 100 BC
- First wave of Belgic invaders settle in the south-east, establishing the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes.[2]
- First coins introduced.[2]
- c. 80 BC
- 55 BC
- 54 BC
- July – Julius Caesar invades Britain and defeats the Catuvellauni under Cassivellaunus.[2]
- September – Tribute fixed, and peace agreed between the Catevellauni and the Trinovantes, allied with Rome. Romans return to Gaul.[2]
- 50 BC
- 34 BC
- c. 25 BC
- Tincommius, leader of the Atrebates, issues Roman-style coinage.[2]
Timeline Of Prehistoric Britain Media
A selection of stone tools from Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
The upper body of the Cheddar Man a Mesolithic skeleton.
Stonehenge, a Neolithic stone monument constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
The Uffington White Horse, a Bronze Age hill figure.
Old Oswestry, an Iron Age hillfort
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References
- ↑ Parfitt, Simon A.. Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe (in en). Nature 466 (7303) (2010). p. 229–233. doi:10.1038/nature09117.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 Palmer, Alan & Veronica. The Chronology of British History (1992). London: Century Ltd. p. 13–16. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Gupta, Sanjeev. Catastrophic flooding origin of shelf valley systems in the English Channel. Nature 448 (7151) (2007). p. 342–345. doi:10.1038/nature06018. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- ↑ Meiklejohn, C. Radiocarbon Dating Of Mesolithic Human remains in Great Britain. Mesolithic Miscellany 21 (2011). p. 20–58.
- ↑ Richards, Julian (17 February 2011). "Britain's Oldest House?" (in en). bbc.co.uk. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/archaeology/oldest_house_01.shtml. Retrieved 5 May 2018.