Revealing the secrets of Britain’s Atlantis: Archaeologists discover Stone Age artefacts under North Sea
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But at the bottom of the North Sea, post-Stone-Age human impact is much reduced, and as a result some Stone Age hunter-gatherer “landscapes” have survived largely intact on the seabed. “Our investigations at the bottom of the North Sea have the potential to transform our understanding of Stone Age culture in and around what is now Britain and the near continent,” said the North Sea archaeological investigation’s leader, Professor Vince Gaffney of the University of Bradford’s Submerged Landscapes Centre. open image in gallery The vanished Stone Age land that now lies beneath the southern half of the North Sea This prehistoric treasure chest hides a tragic story, and a warning. Our collaboration with the North Sea wind farms community is part of Britain’s efforts to reach net zero and to thereby combat global warming,” said Professor Gaffney.
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