Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii Reveals Burning Bronze Age Secrets | Ancient Origins
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Archaeologists discover that Must Farm Bronze Age settlement, dubbed the Pompeii of Britain, was burned to the ground soon after it was built. Source: Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii Reveals Burning Bronze Age Secrets | Ancient Origins The site – a farming settlement built on piles in a wetland (fen), most likely for defensive purposes – continues to yield tremendous insights into the material culture of the period. This, despite the shortness of its habitation: apparently only about a year passed between its completion, and its destruction by fire. Of course, that very fact makes it a valuable snapshot of a particular moment in British prehistory!
Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii Reveals Burning Bronze Age Secrets | Ancient Origins
Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii Reveals Burning…
Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii Reveals Burning Bronze Age Secrets | Ancient Origins
Archaeologists discover that Must Farm Bronze Age settlement, dubbed the Pompeii of Britain, was burned to the ground soon after it was built. Source: Must Farm: Britain's Pompeii Reveals Burning Bronze Age Secrets | Ancient Origins The site – a farming settlement built on piles in a wetland (fen), most likely for defensive purposes – continues to yield tremendous insights into the material culture of the period. This, despite the shortness of its habitation: apparently only about a year passed between its completion, and its destruction by fire. Of course, that very fact makes it a valuable snapshot of a particular moment in British prehistory!