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    Flag Fen: A Concise Archæoguide
    Flag Fen: A Concise Archæoguide
    Flag Fen: A Concise Archæoguide
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    Flag Fen: A Concise Archæoguide

    By Francis Pryor

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    Flag Fen is one of the best-preserved Late Bronze Age sits yet found in Britain. It was discovered in 1982 and consists of many tens of thousands of timbers which were driven into the muddy waters of a fen on the outskirts of modern Peterborough, between about 1300 and 900 BC. Hundreds of valuable objects, including swords, daggers and jewellery, were dropped into the water around the timbers, as offerings.

    Flag Fen was opened to the public in 1987 and is now a major visitor attraction. It was also the subject of a first-of-its-kind crowdsourced and crowdfunded archaeological dig during the summer of 2012, organised by Digventures.

    This specially commissioned work, written by archaeologist and discoverer of Flag Fen, Francis Pryor MBE, provides a concise companion to anyone seeking an authoritative introduction to this remarkable site.

    Contents (about 57 pages):

    1 The Fens in a Nutshell
    2 Background: The Landscape of Flag Fen
    3 The Discovery of Flag Fen
    4 The Post Alignment
    5 The Platform
    6 The Finds
    7 The Religious Ceremonies
    8 Interpretation: What Does it all Mean?
    9 Wood, Wheels and Status
    10 The Sophistication of Ancient Technology
    11 Flag Fen and the Public
    12 Flag Fen Threatened
    13 Flag Fen: The Future

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBoudicca Books
    Release dateMay 18, 2014
    ISBN9781498906333
    Flag Fen: A Concise Archæoguide
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    Francis Pryor

    Francis Pryor has been researching the Fens of Eastern England since 1970. During this work he has revealed and excavated a number of preserved prehistoric landscapes including a large tract of land immediately east of Peterborough. This landscape was known as Fengate, or 'road to the fen' by the Vikings and it has produced some of the finest preserved prehistoric sites in Europe, including Flag Fen, which was first discovered by Pryor and his team in 1982.

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