Warwickshire Museum Service Archaeology Collection

Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of the human past through material remains. This includes objects made by people in the past - such as tools, weapons, jewellery and pottery - and traces in the landscape of settlements, burial grounds, ritual and military sites.

In Warwickshire there is evidence of human occupation spanning the last half-million years. Click on the titles below to find out more.

		Old Stone Age
		People first arrived in Warwickshire half a million years ago during the Old Stone Age. Old Stone Age

		Middle Stone Age
		Human groups returned to our area around 10,500 years ago at the beginning of the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic period. Middle Stone Age

		New Stone Age
		Around 6,000 years ago the hunter-gatherer way of life was replaced by a simple farming economy. New Stone Age

		Bronze Age
		The Bronze Age was a time of change. Metal was now in use and objects were being made out of copper and bronze. Bronze Age

		Iron Age
		During the Iron Age, Warwickshire was dotted with small farmsteads. Iron Age

		Anglo-Saxons
		The Anglo-Saxons came originally from a wide area of north-western Europe. Anglo-Saxons

		Medieval Warwickshire
		Many of the archaeological sites still visible today are associated with settlement and land use from the medieval period. Medieval Warwickshire

		New Archaeological Objects
		Warwickshire Museum has recently acquired these objects for the county's collections. New Archaeological Objects New Prehistoric Objects

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