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| Flint cutting tools | |
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A selection of flints used by hunters found in Northampton dating from the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period between 10,000 and 4,000 BCE. |
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| 10,000 - 4,000 BCE | |
| Flint stone | |
| Various Northampton locations | |
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The first archaeological evidence of human activity in Northampton dates to the Mesolithic- Middle Stone Age (10,000 - 4000 BCE) in the form of flint tools such as microliths and hand axes used by early hunter- gatherers. |
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| Mesolithic - Middle Stone Age Cases, History of Northampton Gallery 1 |