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Swanscombe (Barnfield Pit)
Kent

 

 

Skull of a Cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, from Swanscombe, Kent. Specimen in the collection of The Natural History Museum.
[File name: DSCN2297.jpg. Photo ID: 8. Source: Polly, 2010]



Lateral view of the Swanscombe 'skull', a female, from the Middle Gravel, Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe (MIS 11).
[File name: Swanskull.jpg. Photo ID: 44. Source: AHOB, 2012]



Reconstruction of life at Swanscombe.
[File name: 3swanscrecNHM.jpg. Photo ID: 177. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Comparison of tools from Swanscombe and Clacton (the Natural History Museum).
[File name: 3swanschandax+clctnNHM.jpg. Photo ID: 178. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Human cranium from Swanscombe.
[File name: 3swanscbilz.jpg. Photo ID: 179. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Examining the Swanscombe site.
[File name: 3swansc1955.jpg. Photo ID: 180. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Sedimentary section at Swanscombe.
[File name: 3swansc2.jpg. Photo ID: 181. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Visit to Swanscombe in 2004 with the EuroMam group with Chris Stringer, John Wymer, Phil Gibbard, Alan Turner, Russell Coope, and others.
[File name: 3swansc2005.jpg. Photo ID: 192. Source: Stringer, 2006]



EuroMam visit to Swanscombe in 2004 with Chris Stringer, John Wymer, and Phil Gibbard (photo by Andrei Sher).
[File name: 3swansc05.jpg. Photo ID: 193. Source: Stringer, 2006]



EuroMam visit to Swanscombe in 2004 with John Wymer, Chris Stringer, Russell Coope and others (photo by Andrei Sher).
[File name: 3swans05.jpg. Photo ID: 194. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Swanscombe handaxes.
[File name: 3swanscNHM.jpg. Photo ID: 197. Source: Stringer, 2006]



Map showing the sites at Ebbsfleet around Swanscombe.
[File name: EbbsfleetSites.jpg. Photo ID: 277. Source: Wenban-Smith et al., 2006]



Andy Currant faces a bear (Ursus spelaeus) from Swanscombe in the NHM collection range.
[File name: SwanscombeAHOB1.jpg. Photo ID: 353. Source: Stringer, 2006]