Doggerland in the news again

[Warpy]

76. So little is understood about the mesolithic

Most likely, most of the history has been under water for thousands of years. One estimate I read said that by the time the glaciers started to recede, Doggerland was losing about a kilometer of shore a year to the sea long before the tsunami. Some people did read the signs and headed for high ground, the excavation at Star Carr in Yorkshire has given us some insights as how contemporaneous people in Doggerland might have lived.

Either they were alarmed by the rising water or maybe they just wanted to live above the mosquito line, who knows?

What seems pretty clear is that people were settled long term, usually by rivers and lakes, and that the environment provided just about everything they needed. There is evidence of trade in the best stone for tools as well as ornamental objects.