A WORCESTER library will be giving residents the chance to hold ancient tools used by Ice Age hunters at a special workshop.
Run by Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, the workshop will focus on the stone tools used by our ancient ancestors, from 300,000 year-old tools of Ice Age hunters to the vast hill forts built 2,500 years ago by Iron Age communities.
Held at The Hive from 7pm to 9pm next Tuesday (July 19), the workshop will explain how to identify key types of stone tools, what they tell us about lifestyles, trade and cultural contact, and how changes in technology reflect shifting patterns of life in this area over thousands of years.
Using real artefacts as well as examples from our replica collection, attendees will get the chance to see, examine and hold our prehistoric past in their hands.
Archaeologist Rob Hedge said: “Stone tools are a powerful connection to the everyday lives of our ancestors, as well as providing invaluable clues for archaeologists about how people lived in the past. Holding a piece of history in your hand knowing that the last person to use it, hundreds of generations ago, held it in just the same way, is a very special feeling.
“This workshop is a chance to learn more about these extraordinary tools and the people that made them.”
Places are £6 and need to be booked in advance. People can book via http://www.thehiveworcester.org/explore-the-past-events.html or call 01905 766352.
