Archeologists dig into ‘British Pompei’ and find objects from a stilt village that burned down nearly 3,000 years go.
An illustrated reconstruction of the Bronze Age stilt settlement unearthed at Must Farm in the East of England. Ancient English villagers who lived on platforms about six feet above a river enjoyed the high life, according toThe reports on “Must Farm,” which was excavated 2015-16 by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit , creates a nearly cinematic image of household comfort there in the Late Bronze Age.
It's one of the largest domestic assemblages ever found in the U.K. from that period. Items include 128 pottery vessels, 18,216 structural timbers, 155 charred plant fibre artifacts, 198 wooden and bark artifacts, 95 pieces of metalwork, and 56 beads. The items and the study paints a picture of folks who had adapted well to a challenging place to settle.
“In a freezing winter, with winds cutting across the Fens, these roundhouses would have been pretty cozy,” says Chris Wakefield, CAU project archaeologist.What the Must Farm Bronze Age Settlement Homes Describe “Entering these houses, you would have seen a rich selection of material, from stacks of pots and wooden troughs filled with their contents to a cluster of young sheep being kept in one corner. People would have been working on making textiles and possibly feeding some leftovers to one of their pet dogs,” says Wakefield.Analyzing the Must Farm Artifacts
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