Prehistoric Period:

Stone Age:

This age is into three periods: The Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic ages can all be divided into
three categories. The Early Stone Age (Paleolithic) started approximately 2.5 million years ago and
ended 10,000 years ago. Here the first people appeared during this period time, though their lives
were relatively primitive. Caves, rudimentary houses, and tepees were used by these humans.

For hunting they catched birds and wild animals, they employed simple bone and stone tools, as
well as primitive stone axes. They used controlled fire to cook their prey, which included woolly
mammoths, deers, and bisons. They fished and gathered berries, fruit, and nuts as well. The
Paleolithic period was also the earliest time in which humans left behind art. To etch humans
blended minerals, animals, animal fats, burn bone meal, ochres, and charcoal into water, blood,
and tree saps. Stones, bones, clay and antlers were also used to sculpt miniature figurines.

The conclusion of this period coincided with the end of the last time period: Ice Age, which saw
the demise of many great creatures such as mammals and also the rising of sea levels as well as a
climate change, forcing man to migrate. They couldn't produce, so they had to rely on picking and
hunting to get by. Neanderthals transitioned from hunting and gathering to agriculture.

Mid Stone Age:

Mesolithic started aproximately 10,000 years ago and ended aproximately 6,000 years ago. In
this time human advancement marked the era; new little tools made of stone, as well as additional
complex hunting and fishing skills, were invented. The period was marked on how humans learnt
to settle along the banks of lakes and rivers, where water and food were plentiful. During this time,
agriculture was introduced, resulting in more permanent communities in villages. Spears and
arrows were to be made of bone or wood.

Late Stone Age:

The Neolithic Era started aproximately 6,000 years ago and ended aproximately 4,500 years ago.
Because of the rising sea levels, Britain became an island during this period. It had been connected
to the mainland of Europe until this point. Humans made significant progress during this period,
creating new hunting tools like bows and arrows. The gang as an entire part had a chance of
surviving. Ancient humans transitioned from hunter-gatherers to farmers and food producers.
Animals were domesticated, and cereal grains were grown. They began to dwell in the plains,
plowing and tilling the land with polished adzes and hand axes. Not only were tools improved, but
also farming skills, construction of houses, as well as art, such as pottery, weaving and stitching.
People began to live in tiny villages as societies grew.
Stonehenge:

Stonehenge is a very well known prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of vertical stones that
was built in the Neolithic period aproximately 3,500 years BC in Salisbury Plains (Witshire), found
in England. Dedicated to the goddess of the Earht as well as the sun god, with a sunrise orientation
and a solar calendar. To show their strenghy and power, the hunters secure the stones in place.

A memorial created to honor and maybe spiritually connect with distant ancestors, a religious
pilgrimage destination, a final resting settlement for royalty, or a ceremonial location. Burial
mounds were created near Stonehenge during the Bronze Age, making it the latest Neolithic
Britain cementery, and more than a hundred people were likely buried there.

People buried cremations in and nerarby the Aubrey Holes, as well as in the ditch. One of the final
prehistoric activity at Stonehenge was the excavation of two circles of concentric pits surrounding
the stone placements. Stonehenge was appealed by the Romans because many artifacts were
discovered there. Excavations led to the conclusion that it was a sacred site for Romano-British
people.

Amesbury, a small village on the Avon River, is said to have been founded about the 6th century AD
at a crossing place. During the Saxon period, a headless man, probably a criminal, was buried at
Stonehenge. The Avenue of earthwork, which connects Stonehenge and the River Avon, was also
constructed at this time.

A manuscript image from the mid-14th century depicting the wizard Merlin erecting Stonehenge.
This theory, was first proposed in 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth in one of his works, and this was
widely believed until the 16th century.

Avebury henge:

Averbury henge's stone circles are one of prehistoric Britain's greatest wonders. The henge
survives as a dicthc and vast circular bank, encircling a place that includes part of Avebury town.
This monument was built and greatly altered during the Neolithic period, harshly between 2850 BC
and 2200 BC.

The largest stone circle in Britain is Averybury henge, in the first instance consisting a hundred of
100 stiff stones, is located within the henge, which is surrounded by two smaller stone circles.
Avebury was bigger than Stonehenge, although it was severely eroded. Avebury is one of a
remarkable collection of Bronze Age and Neolithic ceremonial monuments that appear to form a
large sacred landscape.

The stones of Avebury, unlike Stonehenge, are organically formed. They are from the identical
source as the stones of Stonehenge, which are found on the Marlborough Downs about three
miles from Avebury. Moreover, unlike Stonehenge, the Averbury stones are absolutely free of
visiting; you may walk among them and touch them. Avebury is a much greater structure than
Stonehenge. Walking around the perimeter of the bank alone takes nearly a mile. Within the bank
and ditch, there is an exterior circle of stones.

Bronze Age:

The widespread migrations and the trades characterized the Bronze Age, particularly in Europe and
in the Mediterranean region.

Bronze Age people discovered how to smelt the tin and soft metals put together to create a much
solid metal called bronze, which was far more useful. As societies progressed, groups grew larger,
and a feeling of authority emerged (some people had more control than other ones). Early
religious traditions, such as proofs about ceremonies of tribal and conceptions of the afterlife,
started to emerge.

The start of Bronze Age preriod in Britain is estimated to be approximately in 2,000 BC. Though this
isn't confirmed, it's widely assumed the new bronze tools and weaponry were associated when
this period came from continental Europe. New people were arrived in the islands as a result of
migration from the continent.

According to recent studies on bodies discovered in the early Bronze Age burials, some of the
migrants came from the modern-day Swiss region. As bodies were deposited in barrows and cists
sheltered within cairns, communal burial of the deceased became individual. East Cambridge shire,
particularly Isleham, produced the biggest number of bronze items in England, with over 6,500
unearthed.

The use of bronze and copper as the primary solid materials in the creation of weapons and
implements characterizes the Bronze Age. Furthermore, it is also the most premature age in which
we possess written accounts directly, as writing's invention overlaps with its early origins.

Textiles, including tunics, skirt, cloaks, and kilts were largely made of wool during this time period,
as was building and art, also including the discovery of the wheel for potter. Individual burials in
cists and barrows replaced the communal interments of the Neolithic Age in the British Isles.

Iron Age:

The Iron Age started approximately 2,800 years ago, and ended approximately in the year 43 AD. In
this age, the metal element was appreciated to be more valuable than the gold, and was less hard
to manufacture the wrought iron (with the invention of smelting iron, this would be supplanted by
steel) instead of bronze.

Along with the enormous manufacture of weapons and steel tools, the age witnessed even more
advancements in construction, within four-room dwellings, some with animal stables, joining
additional early hill forts, as well as temples, royal palaces, and other structures with religious aim.
Blocks of houses were built along cobblestone or paved streets and water infrastructure during the
early stages of city planning.
If fact, humans learnt how to make and work with an even much stronger metal, the iron,
throughout this time period. Rural and agricultural life predominated throughout Iron Age Europe.
Farming became much easier with the invention of iron tools. Because humans were good farmers
at the time, Britain's population rose rapidly. As a result, distinct tribes eventually found
themselves at odds with one another. Religion, agriculture as well as art all turned into more
knowledgeable, and the systems of documentation in writing, including alphabets, began to
appear. The arrival of the Romans in Britain brought the end of the Iron Age.