The Prehistoric Workshop

19/01/2026

https://theconversation.com/early-humans-relied-on-simple-stone-tools-for-300-000-years-in-a-changing-east-african-landscape-271433

The age of the oldest known Oldowan stone tools from east Turkana has been pushed back by 700,000 years.

17/09/2025

https://youtu.be/Y38pbfJ4i_U?si=4aDDjYEMtM_UL8Jb

16/06/2025

To help you plan your , visit our website at https://leicsfieldworkers.org/festival-of-archaeology/ and download this handy calendar. It shows you everything going on in Leicestershire and Rutland this July!

Organised by the Leicestershire Fieldworkers and part of ArchaeologyUK's national Festival of Archaeology.

26/04/2025

Really interesting read on how farming began throughout the world. 💚

Human history has been shaped by interactions between communities.

16/04/2025

💚 The sounds of prehistory 💚

Anoana is the first song from Heilungs 3rd studio album Drif.Tourdates: https://www.amplifiedhistorytour.com/Preorder Drif here: https://redirect.season-of-...

15/04/2025

What incredible finds they are 😍

Conserving the Star Carr headdresses🦌

The antler headdresses found at Star Carr are some of the most famous and mysterious finds from the remarkable archaeological site in North Yorkshire.

Many of them are on display in our current exhibition, ‘Star Carr: Life after the ice’.

🔗 In this fascinating blog from York Archaeology, find out all about the headdresses and the delicate work behind conserving these Mesolithic marvels: https://commercial.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/mesolithic-marvels-conserving-the-star-carr-headdresses/

📷 York Archaeology

14/04/2025

Really interesting work from our friend, John Lacey.

🌟 New Blog Post! 🌟 Ancient Trails & Salt Ways in South Leicestershire

LAHS Member, John Lacey, investigates a lesser known pre-historic trading route from north to south.

A number of prehistoric routes are known to have traversed the northern parts of Leicestershire, which are usually considered to be salt ways for the transport of salt from the coast of Lincolnshire, which may have been considerably further west than the present coastline. Evidence of similar routes in the southern half of the county is sparse but John investigates.

Visit
www.lahs.org.uk/blog/ancient-trails-salt-ways-in-south-leicestershire

Image: Bridleway West of Scalford. © Tim Heaton (2023) and licensed for re-use under Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-SA-2.0.

04/04/2025

Lovely article from Archaeological Services, University of Leicester (ULAS) discussing Time Team episodes in Leicestershire & Rutland. We grew up in the 90s and archaeology was never presented as a study option or career path in our schools. Time Team taught us everything we know about archaeology at that time. God bless Mick Aston! 💜

Since its original broadcast in January 1994, Time Team has brought amazing archaeological stories into the homes of millions and is rightly well-loved across the world for its informative and enga…

01/04/2025

26/02/2025

We've found literally tens of thousands of pieces of worked flint in our time, but to this day, still only one bronze age barbed and tanged.

It's a beauty though 😍💞

23/02/2025

Yesterday, we presented to 'The Field Detectives', a lovely archaeological group who loaned us three of their finds to learn more about them.

Our challenge was to haft the Neolithic polished axe, Mace head and spindle whorl then report back on our process. It was a joy to document our method, the tools we made to create the hafts, what worked, what didn't work so well...

These pictures show the finished products and the tools we made to create them. We will be adding a more detailed account of this on our website soon. The pieces have now been returned to the group who will use them to educate and give more context to these beautiful stone tools.