Jan 12, 2016 · At a quarry in Cambridgeshire, archaeologists say they have discovered Britain's "Pompeii - a number of well-preserved dwellings dating back to the Bronze Age. The artefacts found there reveal...

Jul 14, 2016 · Archaeologists excavating at least five 3,000 year old circular wooden houses on stilts in the East Anglian fens have pieced together the daily lives of a Late Bronze Age (1000 - 800BC) community through a number of extraordinary finds.

In the Bronze age (3,700 BC to 500 BC) there was only one main type of house called round houses. The round house was usually built in the shape of a circle hence the name. The walls were made of either stone or a clay like substance with …

Mar 21, 2024 · Researchers uncovered four wooden roundhouses and a square entranceway structure, which were supported by stilts above a river channel and enclosed by a curved fence. The roofs of the buildings...

Aug 26, 2008 · Ring-banks of stone and turf are features of upland Bronze Age landscapes. Ring-ditch houses are a very long-lived northern British type. Clay-walled structures are a feature of river-valley landscapes in the later Iron Age, especially in eastern England, whilst in Atlantic Scotland, on the other hand, people well-used to working with stone ...

May 22, 2018 · Since the building of the last house model in 1996, new information has been derived from the latest excavations, especially of a younger Bronze Age house of Alt-Wendischthun (Assendorp, 2010). All three older longhouse models in Hitzacker showed round ends at both sides.

Sep 1, 2022 · Phases of the cultural biography of Bronze Age houses were identified including their use, intentional cremation, the burial of remains (burnt settlement refuse) and closing deposits. Houses are explained as the central (albeit non-human) actors of hybrid actor-networks.

Jan 24, 2016 · Scientists are excavating the best-preserved Bronze Age village ever found in the UK, located in the marshlands of eastern Britain, at a site dubbed Must Farm. Pictured is a replica of a...

Jul 15, 2016 · Archaeologists from the University of Cambridge have made remarkable discoveries about everyday life in the Bronze Age during the excavation of ancient circular wooden houses at Must Farm, a clay quarry in Cambridgeshire, UK.

Jun 1, 2013 · This article focuses on the settlements that were built during the Bronze Age of Europe. It presents some examples of settlements from northwest Europe, and focuses on houses and settlement sites. The discussion begins with a section on the set of ideas and expectations that completely influence archaeological approaches to prehistoric settlement.