Star Carr

Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) hunting settlement beside Lake Pickering, 8 km/5 mi southeast of Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Considered to be one of the most important Mesolithic sites in Europe, it provides valuable evidence for the economy, lifestyle, and natural habitat of a hunter-gatherer society.

The site was occupied around 7500 BC, possibly on a seasonal basis. Red deer accounted for most of the meat diet, followed by roe deer, elk, wild ox, and wild boar. Numerous finds of bone harpoons indicate that the lake was used for fishing. The settlement was excavated by the British archaeologist Grahame Clark.