Reconstruction drawing showing the possible appearance of 'Boxgrove Man', a Lower Paleolithic hominid of the species Homo Heidelbergensis, whose remains were excavated at Boxgrove Quarry, also known as Eartham Pit, near Boxgrove in West Sussex

Date:
circa 1994
Location:
Eartham Pit, Boxgrove, Chichester, West Sussex
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Boxgrove Quarry, Boxgrove, Chichester, West Sussex
Reference:
IC015/004
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This appears to be a preparatory sketch for a later full reconstruction painting (see IC015/003). The quarry yielded the remains of prehistoric animals as well, dating from around 500,000 years BP.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC015 Boxgrove Man and Boxgrove Prehistoric Landscape, West Sussex; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dunn, Peter

Keywords

Animals, Archaeology And Excavations