Who were the people of the Wolds and what can archaeology tell us about their origins, relationships and mobility during their lives? How did they live in this chalk landscape and what traces did they leave behind, in terms of settlements, earthworks and field systems, that allow us to explore their lifeways, as they moved from hunter-gatherer-fisher to farming communities?
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Palaeolithic
1.1 What is the extent of the Palaeolithic evidence from the Yorkshire Wolds: palaeoenvironmental, faunal and material? What do the soils, geological deposits and hydrdological features tell us about the last glaciation and permafrost conditions, and its impact on the Wolds?
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People and the Land: 1.2 Do any in-situ Palaeolithic deposits survive within the Yorkshire Wolds? If so, where?
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People and the Land: 1.3 How does this relate to near ‘off Wolds’ Palaeolithic data, including evidence for glacial impact on surrounding landscape character, sea-level change etc.? How did these geological, topographic, hydrological and climatic events set the scene for human inhabitation post-glaciation (e.g. creation of distinctive landscape features, water bodies on the Wolds, loess-based soils etc.)
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