Resources for teachers on Stone Age Hackney to support your lesson planning. Explore fossils and artefacts through our collections online and blog posts. From Palaeolithic hand axes made by Neanderthals to a tooth from a woolly rhinoceros found in Stoke Newington.
Blog posts
Read our blog posts about Hackney 300,000BC. Prehistoric animals, Neanderthals and the Victorian collectors who discovered Hackney’s Old Stone Age archaeology.
Hackney throughout the Stone Age
Information about Hackney during the three periods of the Stone Age (Old, Middle and New). Click on ‘Associated objects’ at the bottom of each page to explore items in Hackney Museum’s collections.
As well as exploring our Stone Age teacher resources, you can book a Hackney 300,000BC interactive session for your pupils to get hands-on with real Palaeolithic finds.