A WORLD famous ancient site in Yorkshire is the subject of a lecture at Huddersfield Town Hall this week.

Star Carr in the New Millennium – Recent Excavations at an Iconic Mesolithic Site is the title of the talk, organised by Huddersfield and District Archaeological Society.

The event will be held at 7.45pm this Friday, February 3. Guest lecturer is Dr Chantal Conneller, lecturer in upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic archaeology at the University of Manchester, who is also joint director of the excavation.

Non-members are welcome to attend, entry costs £2.50.

Star Carr, located five miles south of Scarborough, is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Britain.

Dating from around 9000-8500BC, the site is so important because of the amazing organic preservation.

In recent excavations wooden platforms or tracks have been uncovered which demonstrate the earliest evidence of carpentry in Europe.

Highlights among the finds include 21 red deer stag skull caps that may have been head-dresses and nearly 200 harpoon points made of red deer antler.