The West Midlands is often overlooked in favour of the east and south-east of England but this talk aims to show that the West Midlands has an incredibly important part to play in the story of Britain during the Pleistocene!
The talk will look at the fascinating Ice Age history of the West Midlands covering its climate and landscape over the last one million years and the animals and humans (both archaic and modern!) who lived and hunted here. An overview will be given of the results of a 2013 English Heritage-funded reassessment of the Palaeolithic in Worcestershire ‘which (excuse the pun!) has snowballed into research that has implications for the wider West Midlands and the potential for future work that everyone can get involved in to enhance our understanding of these lost landscapes.
Please note this lecture is to be held at Lichfield Methodist Church, 30 Tamworth Street, Lichfield. Lecture start time is 8.00 pm with the front glass doors of the Methodist Church open from 7.15 pm - please use the front glass doors to enter - these are reached climbing a few steps - there is disabled ramp access just to the right hand side which can be used if required. Please note this one-off change of venue carefully. We are not holding lectures at the Guildhall throughout March and into the first half of April - the Guildhall is closed during this period for necessary refurbishment work. Society Members will receive email confirmation of this change, with directions.
