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The West Yorkshire Mesolithic Project

http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/archcom/projects/summarys/html96_7/1486rec.htm

Report by P. Spikins describes a salvage archaeology project (1993-1996) sponsored by English Heritage and the National Trust. Features fieldwork and interpretation of results.

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Stones That Could be Britain's Pyramids

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/may/29/books.humanities

Barry Cunliffe tells the Hay-on-Wye book festival that the Mesolithic people of these islands were more advanced than the early Mediterranean cultures. Report from The Guardian.

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Origins of War

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba52/ba52feat.html#thorpe

An article arguing that warfare was an important factor in Mesolithic times.

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Chert Use in the Mesolithic of Northern England

http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/4/4hind.html

D. Hind provides a summary of research conducted at the University of Sheffield into the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic periods of the Peak District, North Derbyshire. Article includes a discussion of prehistoric trade networks.

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Ancient Chewing Gum

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba21/ba21feat.html#gum

An article discussing tar-like materials that were commonly chewed throughout much of northern Europe from at least the Early Mesolithic period.

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