ARCHAEOLOGY has been brought to life

Posted: 5.01.12

ARCHAEOLOGY has been brought to life for school children in the South Pennines as they walk in their ancestors’ footsteps.

Pippa Rochford, through a Pennine Prospects project, takes children back to a time when the South Pennines was dominated by trees not moorland and hunter-gatherers dressed in animal skins used stone and flint tools to kill their prey and rubbed sticks together to generate fire.

Four workshops have been developed to help young children engage with the archaeology of the uplands. Pupils can; excavate hidden artefacts in mobile digs brought into the classroom, go on a moorland walk and discover how Stone Age people lived; build mini hunter-gatherer shelters from woodland material and create their own ancient pottery. Read more…

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Yorkshire Water United Utilities Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council National Farmers Union
South Pennines Association Lancashire County Council Pennine Heritage Kirklees Council Calderdale Council
Bradford District Council Northern Rail Natural England Environment Agency The National Trust