The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (AHOB) was a three-phase project to investigate ancient humans from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic in northern Europe that ran from 2001 through 2011 with funding from the Leverhulme Trust. This website contains information about the project and provides access to data generated AHOB research.

AHOB Database

THE AHOB database contains information about selected key Pleistocene sites in Britain that document early hominin occupation of northwestern Europe. These data were assembled by researchers working with the project between 2001 and 2015 and are made available here for research, teaching, and other uses.

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AHOB Publications

Here is a random selection from the bibliography of papers published by the AHOB research team.

Pirson, S., Draily, C., Bovy, B., Cornet, Y., Court-Picon, M., Damblon, F., Debenham, N., Demoulin, A., De Wilde, B., Haesaerts, P., Juvigné, E., La Grappe, P., Parfitt, S.A., Pirouelle, F., Renson, V., Stewart, J.R., Udrescu, M., Van Neer, W., Wouters, W. and Toussaint, M. 2011. Contexte chronostratigraphique et paléoenvironnemental de la séquence de la grotte Walou: synthèse et perspectives. In: C. Draily, S. Pirson and M. Toussaint (eds.), La Grotte Walou à Trooz (Belgique). Fouilles de 1996 à 2004. Volume 2, Les Sciences de la Vie et les Datations. Etudes et Documents Archaéologie 21, 214–233.

For a complete list of AHOB publications, click here.

AHOB-related Books