Text Alternative for a Time Chart of the English Palaeolithic
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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.
