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Butser Ancient Farm
The perfect place to recap everyday life in Prehistory up to around 500AD!


Book: Cavegirl (Bloomsbury Young Readers)
I have no idea why this book is called “Cavegirl” - the protagonist is pictured throughout living in a lovely permanent house in a...


Activity: Stone Age Food
According to most books about the British Stone Age, everybody ate a long list of a few dozen different types of mammal and bird (many...

Documentary: A History of Ancient Britain (Series 1)
A BBC documentary series presented by Neil Oliver. There are four hour-long episodes, which cover the Ice Age, Mesolithic, Neolithic and...


Book: The Great Flood (Terry Deary)
This is one of a set of four short books set in the Stone Age by Horrible Histories author Terry Deary. The Great Flood is set just as...


Book: The Stone Age: Hunters, Gatherers and Woolly Mammoths.
This is a very accessible book written in a semi-cartoon format with lots of humour and asides. The main story is a discussion of stone...


Book: Stone Age Boy
A story about a modern boy who accidentally goes back in time and lives with the family of a stone age girl called Om for several months....


Film: Brother Bear (Disney)
Brother Bear is one of the lesser-known Disney films. It tells the story of "a boy who became a bear, to become a man". There is also a...
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