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Finding fish bones in the midden (rubbish heap) suggests that mesolithic people ate fish as part of their diet. This must mean that they also had boats in order to get out to see to catch the fish.


If you walk through the wood near to the coast in Tentsmuir, you will probably notice the ground is very hummocky. These hummocks are fossilised dunes. They were formed by the same process as normal sand dunes, and therefore show where the beach…

Mesolithic people probably used flint tools in order to hunt animals and build things. Flint is good as a tool as it is very hard and can be made very sharp like a knife.

Finding antllers in the midden suggests mesolithic people hunted red deer. It is likely the used both the skin for clothes and the meat for food.
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