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The Archaeology of People: Dimensions of Neolithic Life, Whittle

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MuseumsSite Name: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.684 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Derbyshire Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Derby
Map Ref: SK3509236220
Latitude: 52.922254N  Longitude: 1.479497W
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Neolithic pottery. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Derbyshire

Although more famous for its collection of paintings by the 18th Century artist Joseph Wright of Derby it also has a small prehistory display with some interesting finds from Cresswell Crags as well as Paleolithic tools and a Bronze Age log boat.

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Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Info on the log boat cargo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Stone found with the Bronze Age log boat, believed to be from its last cargo. This boat was over 10m long so if the river transport ideas about Stonehenge are correct you are looking at some very large trees! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Bronze Age log boat. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Info on the stone axe heads. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Stone axe heads. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Tools from Creswell Crags.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Info on Neanderthal tools from Creswell Crags.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Neanderthal tools found at Cresswell Crags.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Finds from Cresswell Crags.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Flint arrowheads.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Info on the neolithic flints and pottery.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Close up of the neolithic flints.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Neolithic flints and pottery.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Info on the palaeolithic tools. (1 comment)

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Close up of the palaeolithic tools.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Palaeolithic tools.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery submitted by HarryTwenty : Small prehistory display.

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