Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory
Welcome to the world of the late stone age hunter gatherers. This exhibition takes you into the lives of the inhabitants of Britain and north west Europe from the time when ice sheets still covered land and sea, until the time when settled farming peoples were cultivating the land. Against the background of this changing world, people survived by hunting game and gathering food from the plants around them; on the move, following the herds and seeking out the fruits season by season.
The leader of the Stone Age people will take you into his living world.
Today's explorer who has discovered this world of long ago.
Photo: Myra Tolan-Smith
Misconceptions about prehistory have dogged our understanding of the Stone Age peoples.
Human time is long; earth time longer. Find when the hunter gatherers lived.
After you have visited the hunter gatherers see if you could survive as a hunter gatherer today by picking the right foods. Photos: A J Roberts and G Beaker
Meet the
Shaman
Clear away
the misunderstandings
Find your
way in time
Do the Food
Quiz