Text Alternative for a Time Chart of the English Palaeolithic

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  1. The Late Pleistocene
  2. Middle Pleistocene
  3. Early Pleistocene

The Late Pleistocene

The Late Pleistocene comprises the following stages:

  • British name: The Devensian. Corresponding north-west European name: Weichsalian. Key English Palaeolithic sites: Gough's cave, Kent's Cavern, Lynford Quarry.
  • British name: Ipswichian. corresponding north-west European name: Eemian.

Middle Pleistocene

The Middle Pleistocene comprises the following stages:

  • British name: Woolstonian. Corresponding north-western European name: Saalian. Key English Palaeolithic sites: Bakers Hole, Broom.
  • British name: Hoxnian. Corresponding north-western European name: Holsteinian. Key English Palaeolithic sites: Swancombe.
  • British name: Cromerian. Corresponding north-western European name: Cromerian Complex. Key English Palaeolithic sites: Boxgrove, Pakefield.
  • NB the start of the Cromerian also overlaps with Early Pleistocene.

Early Pleistocene

The Early Pleistocene comprises:

  • The beginning of the Cromerian/ Cromerian Complex stage.
  • British Name: the Beestonian. Corresponding north-west European name: Bavelllian. Key English Palaeolithic site: Happisburgh 3.