Exploring Mesolithic times of moorland life.

From: Whitby Gazette (Whitby, England) | Date: April 16, 2008 | Copyright information

THE second phase of a project to find out more about what life was like on the North York Moors thousands of years ago is about to get under way.

The North East Yorkshire Mesolithic project will investigate areas on the Moors, along the coast and in the Tees Valley which were previously inhabited by Mesolithic - middle stone age - people to get a more detailed picture of how people lived during the period from 10,000 to 4,000BC.

With funding from English Heritage, the project is a partnership between the North York Moors National Park Authority and Tees Archaeology.

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