National Ice Age Network

The National Ice Age Network expanded and built upon the success of The Shotton Project, a Midlands Ice Age network, funded by the ALSF in 2003/2004. It focuses on the Pleistocene (Ice Age) remains to be found in England's sand and gravel quarries. These remains include sediments and their contained flora and fauna relating to the past environments of the Ice Age, together with the archaeological evidence for some of the country's earliest human inhabitants. Although a resource of great importance for science and education, and of widespread public interest (e.g. mammoths, Neanderthals, climate change), these remains have often not received the attention devoted to the environmental and archaeological evidence for later periods.

国家冰期网络（National Ice Age Network）以作为英格兰中部冰期网络项目的肖顿项目（Shotton Project）的成功实践为基础进行拓展升级，该项目于2003/2004年获得ALSF资助。本数据集聚焦于英格兰砂石采石场内发现的更新世（Pleistocene，即冰期）遗存，这些遗存包含与冰期古环境相关的沉积物及其内含的动植物群，同时还涵盖英格兰境内部分早期人类居民的考古实证。尽管该资源在科学研究与科普教育领域均具有极高价值，且引发了公众的广泛关注（如猛犸象、尼安德特人、气候变化等主题），但这些遗存往往未能获得与后世环境及考古证据同等的关注度。