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Dowth,
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druids,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref
6

Dubunni,
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Dumfries,
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Dumnonii,
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Dumyat Hill,
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Dunadd,
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duns,
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,
ref 2

Durobrivae,
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Durotriges,
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,
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,
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Durrington Walls,
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,
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Earth’s orbit,
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East Chisenbury midden,
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Edinburgh,
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,
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,
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Edmonds, Mark,
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,
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Egypt,
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Eildon Hills,
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,
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Elizabeth I, Queen,
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English language,
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,
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Eogan, George,
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Epic of Gilgamesh,
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Epidii,
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Etruscans,
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,
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,
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Eumenius,
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Euphrates, River,
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Exeter,
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Falkirk hoard,
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Falkirk Tartan,
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farming

arrival of,
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,
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and connection to landscape,
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,
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and diet,
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and funerary rituals,
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,
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,
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and hunting,
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and iron technology,
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and population increase,
ref 1
,
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feasts,
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,
ref 2
,
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Fergus Mór mac Eirc,
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Ferriby boats,
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Ferriter’s Cove,
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,
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Fertile Crescent,
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,
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,
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field systems,
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,
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,
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,
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Figsbury Ring,
ref 1
,
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firedogs,
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First World War,
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Firth of Forth,
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,
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,
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,
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Fishbourne Roman Palace,
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,
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Fiskary Bay,
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,
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Fiskerton hoard,
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,
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Flag Fen,
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,
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Flanders,
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Flavius Stilicho,
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flint,
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,
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,
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Flodden, Battle of,
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floods,
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footprints,
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Forster, Peter,
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Forteviot,
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‘foundation’ burials,
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Frampton Villa,
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Freeman, Dave,
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French Revolution,
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Fuegians,
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Gaelic languages,
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,
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,
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Gaels,
ref 1
,
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Gaius Appuleius Diocles,
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Gaius Suetonius Paulinus,
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Gallo-Belgic staters,
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Gamow, George,
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Gargarin, Yuri,
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garum
,
ref 1

Gaul,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref 5

and Roman invasions,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Gauls,
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,
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,
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genes

Celtic,
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,
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and hair colour,
ref 1

and skin colour,
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see also
DNA analysis

Geoffrey of Monmouth,
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George IV, King,
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gift exchange,
ref 1
,
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Giles, Melanie,
ref 1
,
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Glacial Lake Missoula,
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glaciation,
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,
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,
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gladiators,
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glass,
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Gloucester,
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Gnaeus Julius Agricola,
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,
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Goat’s Hole Cave,
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,
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,
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,
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Gododdin,
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gold,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref 5
,
ref
6

Goldcliff,
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,
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,
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,
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Gough’s Cave,
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,
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grain pits,
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,
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Grainger, Sally,
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Great Glen,
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Great Langdale,
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,
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,
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Great Orme mine,
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,
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,
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Great Wall of Brodgar,
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Greeks,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Green, Miranda,
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,
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Grime’s Graves,
ref 1
,
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Gristhorpe Man,
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Gurness Broch,
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,
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hacksilver,
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Hadrian, Emperor,
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,
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Hadrian’s Wall,
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,
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,
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,
ref 4
,
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,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9

Haida,
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hair colour,
ref 1
,
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Hallstatt Culture,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Hamble Estuary,
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Hambledon Hill,
ref 1
,
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handaxes,
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,
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hanging,
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Happisburgh,
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,
ref 2

harpoon points,
ref 1
,
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Harrison Stickle,
ref 1
,
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Hawkins, John,
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hazelnuts,
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headdresses,
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,
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hematite,
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henges,
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,
ref 2

see also
Durrington Walls

Hengistbury Head,
ref 1
,
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,
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Henry IV, King,
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Henry V, King,
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,
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Henry VIII, King,
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Hephaestus,
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,
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Herod the Great,
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Herod Antipas,
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Herodotus,
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Hetty Pegler’s Tump,
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Higham, Tom,
ref 1

hill forts,
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,
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,
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,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6

see also
Danebury hill fort

Hinton St Mary Villa,
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Hitler, Adolf,
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hoards,
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Hod Hill fort,
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,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

Homo heidelbergensis
,
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,
ref 2
,
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Homo neanderthalensis
,
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,
ref 2
,
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,
ref 4

Homo sapiens sapiens

adaptation to northern latitudes,
ref 1

eating habits,
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genetic identity,
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and memory,
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Homo
species,
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hostages,
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,
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Housesteads Fort,
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Hoy,
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,
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human remains, display of,
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human sacrifice,
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,
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,
ref 3
,
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Humber, River,
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Hume, David,
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Hunter, Fraser,
ref 1

hunter-gatherers

and arrival of farming,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

and boats,
ref 1

connection to landscape,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Hutton, James,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref
6
,
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,
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hydraulic mining,
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hydrogen,
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hypocausts,
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Ice Ages

Anglian,
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Devensian,
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,
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Younger Dryas,
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,
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,
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Iceni,
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,
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,
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illuminated manuscripts,
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Indian Ocean tsunami,
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Industrial Revolution,
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inhumation,
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interglacial periods,
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Hoxnian,
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Late Glacial Interstadial,
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Inuit,
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Ireland

arrival of farming,
ref 1
,
ref 2

and arrival of Gaels,
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bog bodies,
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bronze imports,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Celtic identity,
ref 1

hunting dogs,
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metallurgy,
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and Neolithic religion,
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and Roman invasion,
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separation from mainland,
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settlements,
ref 1
,
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Irish Sea,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
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iron,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

Islam,
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Islay,
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Isle of Man,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Isle of Wight,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

isotope analysis,
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Ivory Bangle Woman,
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Jacob and Esau,
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Jacobite rebellion,
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James I of England and VI of Scotland, King,
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James III, King of Scotland,
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James IV of Scotland, King,
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Jameson, Robert,
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Japan,
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Jesus Christ,
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John the Baptist,
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Juba II of Numidia, King,
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Judaea,
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,
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Julia Domna, Empress,
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Julius Caesar,
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,
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,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10

Jura,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Keiller, Alexander,
ref 1

Kennedy, Jim,
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Kent’s Cavern,
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Kilmartin Glen,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Kilnsea boat,
ref 1
,
ref 2

King’s Barrow,
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Kirkburn Sword,
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Kirkburn Warrior,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Kirkdale Cave,
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Knap of Howar,
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Knossos,
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Knowth,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Krakatoa,
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Kristian, King of Denmark,
ref 1

Kurtén, Björn,
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Kwakiutl,
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La Madeleine rock-shelter,
ref 1

La Tène Culture,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Laetoli footprints,
ref 1

Langdale Pikes,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Langton Matravers hoard,
ref 1

languages,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Lascaux,
ref 1
,
ref 2

Latin,
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

Le Grand Menhir Brisé,
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lead,
ref 1

Leakey, Mary,
ref 1

leather,
ref 1

Leptis Magna,
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Lesser Wall of Brodgar,
ref 1

Lévi-Strauss, Claude,
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Lhuyd, Edward,
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Libby, Willard E,
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