Ancient English villagers who lived on platforms about six feet above a river enjoyed the high life, according to two new reports published by the University of Cambridge.
The reports on “Must Farm,” which was excavated 2015-16 by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU), creates a nearly cinematic image of household comfort there in the Late Bronze Age. Capturing the scope, scale, shape, and size of the settlement, it includes close-ups of hundreds of objects used in daily life.
“Conducting research on Must Farm is a bit like getting an estate agent’s tour of a Bronze Age stilt house,” David Gibson, report co-author and Archaeological Manager at CAU, said in a press release.
Archaeologists could reconstruct these households since the detailed “blueprint” was so readable due to the marshy location that preserved it. The site, about 75 miles northwest of London, drew the ‘British Pompeii’ moniker because, after a fire about ...
