Unearthed Bronze Age textiles shine light on life 3,000 years ago
Unearthed Bronze Age textiles shine light on life 3,000 years ago
Issued: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:16:00 BST
The findings of two Bronze Age homes built on wooden stilts five feet above a river have been unearthed in an archaeological excavation which has been dubbed the “Pompeii of the Fens”.
The Must Farm site in Cambridgeshire, which opened to the media today, provides new insights into the way ancient Britons lived.
Over the last eight months archaeologists, including experts from the University of Glasgow, have excavated six feet of mud to unearth the settlement dating back 3,000 years, one of the best-preserved Bronze Age houses in Britain.
It is thought the buildings were destroyed by a fire around 1000-800 BC, causing them to collapse into the River Nene in Whittlesey, near Peterborough, where they have been preserved in the thick silt.
Funded by Historic England and Forterra, the excavation has compared the site to the Roman city Pompeii in Southern Italy, because it has provided a glimpse into life during the Bronze Age period.
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