Excavations revealed artefacts in deep Ice Age sediments preserved on a hillside in Kent.
Excavations revealed artefacts in deep Ice Age sediments preserved on a hillside above the Medway ValleyResearchers in Kent have unearthed some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools ever found in Britain.
A total of 800 artefacts, thought to be more than 300,000 years old and buried in material which filled a sinkhole and ancient river channel were discovered. Ms Ingrey, of UCL Institute of Archaeology, said: "We describe these tools as giants when they are over 22cm long, and we have two in this size range."These hand axes are so big it's difficult to imagine how they could have been easily held and used.""Right now, we aren't sure why such large tools were being made, or which species of early human were making them," she added.
It would have been inhabited by red deer and horses, as well as less familiar mammals, such as the now-extinct straight-tusked elephant and lion.
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