Bronze Age settlement is ‘amazing time capsule of a site’, says archaeologist
by Sam Russell
Mar 20, 2024
4 minutes
A prehistoric settlement dubbed Peterborough’s Pompeii was occupied for less than a year before it burned down, leaving a wealth of well-preserved artefacts, an archaeologist said.
The Bronze Age homestead of around 10 circular wooden houses on stilts, above a river, could potentially have had 50 to 60 people living there, said Chris Wakefield of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit.
The cause of the blaze in 850BC is not known but could have been an attack or started accidentally and quickly spread between the closely packed homes, Mr Wakefield said.
Remains of dwellings were discovered at Must in the East Anglian Fens and analysis gives insight into everyday life almost 3,000 years ago.
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