Engraved stone from Les Varines, Jersey
Experts from The University of Manchester are working to understand the significance of the finds, on Jersey, which could represent some of the first hunter-gatherer communities. Archaeologists from the UK working in the Channel Island of Jersey have found the remains of a 14,000-year-old hunter-gather settlement offering great views over landscapes now drowned by the English Channel. The site, called Les Varines, is located in the Jersey parish of St Saviour and has produced over 5,000 scattered stone artefacts during the past five years of excavation. But the team has unearthed denser concentrations of tools and burnt bone and, for the first time, fragments of engraved stone. These are currently under study in an attempt to unravel the significance of these unique finds. Dr Chantal Conneller, a Co-Director of the project from The University of Manchester, said "We knew from the beginning that Les Varines was an important site. There is nothing of its size or scale elsewhere in the British Isles but there are parallels in France and Germany.
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