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Study reveals 'cozy domesticity' of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England's ancient marshland (phys.org)

submitted 8 months ago by GreyShuck to c/britisharchaeology

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A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England's prehistoric fenlanders.

Must Farm, a late Bronze Age settlement, dates to around 850BC, with University of Cambridge archaeologists unearthing four large wooden roundhouses and a square entranceway structure—all of which had been constructed on stilts above a slow-moving river.

The entire hamlet stood approximately two meters above the riverbed, with walkways bridging some of the main houses, and was surrounded by a two-meter-high fence of sharpened posts.

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They said I was daft to build a hamlet on the river. But I built it all the same just to show 'em.

It sank into the river.

So I built a second one.

That sank into the river.

So I built a third one.

That burnt down, fell over, then sank into the river.

But the fourth one stood up!