Re-thinking the Mesolithic?

slowburner

A significant find at Lunt Meadows, near Merseyside may indicate that Mesolithic life was less nomadic than previously thought.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20344575

(link will expire in 4 days I think)

The discoveries have been dated back to the middle Stone Age (5,800BC) and reveal a floor, timber stakes which would have been part of a wall, as well as flints and other utensils.

The most significant discoveries come from the settlement site. Preliminary carbon-dating results suggest a settlement 8,000 years old, from the Mesolithic period, of at least three structures, suggesting family groups living together in a settlement which may have lasted for centuries.

from here
http://bidstoncommunityarchaeology.weebly.com/excavation-sites.html

dublinviking

mesolithic people built a lot more than just few houses:

http://archaeology.about.com/od/mesolithicarchaic/a/lepenskivir.htm

dublinviking

what is particularly interesting about lepenski vir from the Irish perspective is this

lepenski vir deity 6000 bce serbia



Sheela Na Gig ireland.



this is what wiki has to say about where sheelas can be found:

So far the following countries are known to have (or have had) churches with female exhibitionist figures on them:
Ireland
France
Spain
Galicia
Britain
England
Wales
Scotland
Norway
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Slovak Republic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela_na_gig