Peak District Time Line : the last 70,000 years
Years Ago
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Climate vs. Today
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Notes
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0
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Global warming ???
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800- 200
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colder
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Medieval - Early Modern
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warmer, drier
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Normans
Vikings
Anglo Saxons
Romans
Iron Age
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2500
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Wetter
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Peat formation
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3000
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Warmer
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Bronze Age
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7,000
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Similar
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Woodland cover
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10,000
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Colder, but warming
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Ice sheets melt, reindeer etc. graze on tundra.
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20,000
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Very cold
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Ice Sheets cover Britain
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70,000
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warm
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"Ipswichian" - large mammals
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