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Table 2.2 Radiocarbon accelerator dates from British Lateglacial findspots.
in Britain probably lagged 500 radiocarbon years or more behind the main phase of Magdalenian
settlement of the north-west European mainland.
Raw material and mobility
The 28 findspots with evidence of Creswellian activity consist mainly of collections from cave
sites in the west and mid-central limestone areas of England and Wales, but there is increasing
evidence for open-air activity both in these regions and in flatter areas further east (Figure 2.3).
In cases where such evidence has been searched for, the preferred raw materials seem to have
been good quality flints capable of producing long, straight blades, rather than local rocks of
mixed or unpredictable quality.