Mesolithic colonization of the Atlantic seaboard and the British Isles (c. 11,000–6,000 BP)

1. Holocene warming opens Atlantic coastal habitats

   Jan 1, 9600 BCELabels: Holocene warming, Atlantic coast

   • Ashmolean
   • Springer

2. Britain begins Mesolithic period still connected

   Jan 1, 9600 BCELabels: Britain, land bridge

   • Ashmolean
   • Britannica

3. Star Carr illustrates intensive wetland-edge lifeways

   Jan 1, 9300 BCELabels: Star Carr, wetland site

   • Wikipedia

4. Early Mesolithic shell-midden traditions appear in Iberia

   Jan 1, 9000 BCELabels: Iberia, shell middens

   • Springer

5. Wetland and shoreline lifeways expand in northern Europe

   Jan 1, 9000 BCELabels: Maglemosian, northern Europe

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

6. Howick house reflects durable coastal settlement in England

   Jan 1, 7600 BCELabels: Howick, coastal settlement

   • Wikipedia

7. Mount Sandel shows early riverine settlement in Ireland

   Jan 1, 7000 BCELabels: Mount Sandel, River Bann

   • IrishArchaeology

8. Rising seas steadily reduce Doggerland connections

   Jan 1, 7000 BCELabels: Doggerland, sea-level rise

   • Britannica
   • Ashmolean

9. Muge shell middens show semi-sedentary estuary living

   Jan 1, 6200 BCELabels: Muge, shell middens

   • ScienceDirect
   • Springer

10. Storegga Slide tsunami impacts North Sea coasts

    Jan 1, 6200 BCELabels: Storegga Slide, tsunami

    • Britannica
    • OxfordArchaeology

11. Cass ny Hawin documents Mesolithic activity on Isle of Man

    Jan 1, 5700 BCELabels: Cass ny, Isle of

    • CultureVannin

12. Oronsay middens show intensive Atlantic island shore use

    Jan 1, 4600 BCELabels: Oronsay, shell middens

    • Cambridge
    • MuseumHighlands

13. Mesolithic phase ends as farming spreads into Britain

    Jan 1, 4000 BCELabels: Mesolithic end, Neolithic transition

    • Ashmolean