Inside the cave were stone tools and animal bones similar to tools found elsewhere in Europe known to have been used by Homo sapiens.
The finds are especially important because there are very few traces of the first Homo sapiens in England, all of which were excavated in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These new finds can be excavated with much more advanced technology.
New resources can lead to different insights
So far only a small part of the large cave under Pembroke Castle has been uncovered.
But work will continue throughout the summer, and the finds are already so important that archaeologists are calling the cave one of Britain’s most important finds.
Excavation leader Rob Dinnis says:
‘We can now use modern archaeological methods to learn much more about this important period. When exactly did these people arrive in Britain? Where did they come from and how did they live in the Ice Age landscape? We can now try to answer such questions, thanks to this fantastic cave.’
He adds: ‘It’s a big cave and we’ve only explored a small part of it. Who knows what else we will find in the coming years?’
2023-07-05 21:05:04
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