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Multi-periodSite Name: Must Farm
Country: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Peterborough  Nearest Village: Whittlesey
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Latitude: 52.562180N  Longitude: 0.176579W
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Must Farm submitted by TheCaptain : The Bronze Age wheel is said to be the largest, earliest complete example of its kind ever found in Britain Pic from BBC and Cambridge Archaeological Unit. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bronze Age settlement built on oak piles driven into the bed of the River Nene. Destroyed by a fire sometime between 700 - 500BC, the remains were first excavated from the Must Farm Quarry by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) in 2010-2011. The work continued for many years and has now been written up, details in the comments below.

Finds include boats, spears and swords; unique textile finds; jewellery; carved bowls and pots still full of food. Must Farm has been described as one of the most significant sites of its kind ever found in Britain.

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A Must Farm website sponsored by University of Cambrisge, Cambridge Archaeology Unit, Forterra, and Historic England.
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Must Farm submitted by TheCaptain : Overview of the Must Farm site excavations. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Must Farm submitted by Arjessa : Two Leaf-shaped spearheads and one Basal Looped-shaped spearhead; display at Must Farm, Flag Fen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Must Farm submitted by Arjessa : Unsurprisingly, even a Roman Road runs through Must Farm at Flag Fen. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Must Farm submitted by Arjessa : Reconstruction of a Neolithic Round House (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Must Farm submitted by SolarMegalith : Remains of two Bronze Age roundhouses at a timber palisade seen from the platform above the excavations. About 40% of the site has been destroyed by quarry (photo taken on February 2016).

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Must Farm submitted by SolarMegalith : The best preserved roundhouse of the Bronze Age settlement - view from the north (photo taken on February 2016).

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Must Farm submitted by SolarMegalith : A timber palisade in the southern part of the site (photo taken on February 2016).

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Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work by Arjessa on Wednesday, 10 April 2024
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Amazing place to visit, with much to see and do. Very easy to find. It was like walking back through history. An fantastic amount of everyday items and impressive display of weapons. What a find!
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Must Farm Bronze Age Site by Runemage on Friday, 22 March 2024
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"The settlement has been likened to the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, which was entombed in ash after a volcanic eruption in AD 79. “Archaeologists sometimes talk of a Pompeii-like discovery – a moment frozen in time – and this is one of those, a burnt-down settlement that gives us an intimate view into people’s lives just before the fire and in the months running up to it around 2900 years ago,” says Michael Parker Pearson at University College London.

“Must Farm is more than a once-in-a-generation site. It is very likely that there will never be a site that tells us more about Bronze Age Britain,” says Richard Madgwick at Cardiff University, UK
More at
www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/400b29d5-2e22-4321-878c-cb122d291660
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    Exhibition: Introducing Must Farm, at Peterborough Museum, 27th Apr - 28th Sept 2024 by Andy B on Thursday, 28 March 2024
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    Exhibition: Introducing Must Farm, a Bronze Age Settlement, Peterborough Museum, 27 Apr - 28 Sep 2024
    The Must Farm settlement is an extraordinary slice of everyday life in the Bronze Age. Introducing Must Farm, a Bronze Age Settlement is a free, engaging exhibition telling the discovery and stories of a Bronze Age settlement that was abandoned suddenly following a catastrophic fire.

    New exhibition provides rare insight into everyday life 3000 years ago
    Introducing Must Farm, a Bronze Age Settlement will open at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery on the 27 April 2024. The exhibition opens following the eagerly anticipated release of a new publication (published 20 March) by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, which tells the remarkable story of the Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

    The exhibition funded by both Historic England and Peterborough Museum focuses on an introduction to the story of this significant Bronze Age site, dubbed “Britain’s Pompei”, which gives an extraordinary insight into everyday life almost 3,000 years ago.

    The Must Farm settlement is a truly fascinating discovery, with the site only being occupied for under a year before it was destroyed by a catastrophic fire. The everyday objects found there are even more remarkable! A time capsule containing rarely preserved personal items including textiles – some of the finest produced in Europe at that time. Pots and jars complete with meals and utensils, and exotic glass beads – some of which were manufactured in the Middle East revealing a sophistication not normally associated with the Bronze Age.

    For the first time in eight years there will be an opportunity to see some of these preserved and unique objects that were uncovered by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit. Introducing Must Farm, a Bronze Age Settlement is an insightful, engaging and free to visit exhibition with a chance for visitors to see a snapshot of the largest collection of everyday Bronze Age artefacts ever discovered in the UK. The exhibition aims to engage with visitors of all ages to learn about the excavation, how and why it took place, and the stories that have emerged from the research.

    Sarah Wilson, Heritage Manager at Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery adds “We are incredibly proud to be the recipient of these remarkable discoveries. We recognise we stand on the shoulders of giants and are committed to working in partnership to engage the public with Must Farm for years to come”.

    Visit Introducing Must Farm, a Bronze Age Settlement, open 27 April – 28 September, and enjoy free entry into this fascinating exhibition. Peterborough Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm.
    peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/events/exhibition-introducing-must-farm-a-bronze-age-settlement
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    Re: Must Farm Bronze Age Site by Andy B on Thursday, 28 March 2024
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    A bronze age settlement built on stilts that dropped “like a coffee plunger” into a river after a catastrophic fire has provided a window on our past lives, according to the archaeologist that led the investigation of the Cambridgeshire site.

    Must Farm, nicknamed the Pompeii of the Fens, offers “exceptional clarity” because of a combination of charring and waterlogging, said Mark Knight, of Cambridge University’s archaeological unit.

    Two open-access publications have been launched that comprehensively detail the finds from the excavation at a working brick clay quarry. Next month, some of the preserved objects will go on display at Peterborough Museum in an exhibition that tells the story of bronze age life in the short-lived settlement and its discovery almost 3,000 years later.

    Must Farm, which dates to about 850BC, was inhabited for only about nine months before it was destroyed by fire. Its roundhouses were built on stilts over a tributary of the River Nene. The cause of the fire is unknown. The speed at which it took hold gave residents no opportunity to grab their most precious possessions. “It was get out or die,” said Knight.

    More: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/20/bronze-age-objects-from-pompeii-of-the-fens-must-farm-cambridgeshire
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April 9 2018 Must Farm Lecture - Plymouth , Devon by bat400 on Wednesday, 28 March 2018
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angieweekender writes:
Plymouth Archaeology Society lecture:
Monday 9th April 2018
THE MUST FARM PILE DWELLING
What can this Fenland site tell us about Bronze Age life in Britain?
Mark Knight
Monday April 9th at 7pm. For more information, see this link.
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Video about the socketed axes found during the settlement excavation by Andy B on Monday, 12 February 2018
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Must Farm Archaeology have put together a short video where Site Director Mark Knight talks a little bit about some of the socketed axes found during the settlement excavation.

https://www.facebook.com/MustFarmArchaeology/videos/1405368989573783/

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Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site by Andy B on Friday, 27 October 2017
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Floor Huisman writes: The most striking example of human-wetland interaction in the Bronze Age Fens is the newly discovered site of Must Farm. Here, numerous fish traps, weirs and no fewer than nine logboats were found in a palaeochannel of the River Nene. Even more spectacular is the Late Bronze Age settlement built on piles in the middle of the same stream. At least three roundhouses and a wealth of organic and inorganic objects, including a large assemblage of metal items, whole pots with contents, fine textiles and glass beads were discovered.

Yet although levels of preservation are exceptional at Must Farm and its wetland location seems strange to us now, this settlement may be typical of Fenland habitation in the Bronze Age (Mark Knight, pers. comm.). It seems communities living in the area decided to move into the marshes when the river became inaccessible due to peat growth around it.

This wetland colonisation demonstrates that, in contrast to our current perception, the wet environment was not considered a problem. Equally, it shows the connectedness of people living in this settlement with communities along the river further inland. That they were no marginalised or poor people is also attested by finds of beads and metal items from Continental Europe.

More in Misreading the marshes: past and present perceptions of the East Anglian Fens, UK
http://dro.dur.ac.uk/20412/2/20412.pdf?DDD6+bxxv34+d700tmt+dul4eg
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Video Talk from CIfA Conference: The Must Farm pile dwelling - Late Bronze Age site by Andy B on Wednesday, 06 September 2017
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Video Talk: The Must Farm pile dwelling - taste, appearance, lifestyle and communication in the Late Bronze Age by David Gibson, Cambridge Archaeological Unit from the CIfA (Chartered Institute for Field Archaeologists) Conference 2017

It now seems that the Must Farm Bronze Age pile dwelling (aka Fenland’s Pompeii) was built, occupied and burnt down in quick succession. The brevity of settlement and its catastrophic demise provided a rare set of circumstances, which in turn ensured exceptional preservation. Individual roundhouses replete with entire household inventories (whole pots, tool kits, textiles, wooden vessels, weapons, food remains, etc.) were preserved within the gentle sediments of a small river buried deep beneath the fens. This talk will present the context, circumstance and public outreach of the excavation and, at the same, attempt to come to terms with the sheer quantity and quality of materials and what they might tell us about taste, appearance, lifestyle and communication in Late Bronze Age Britain and beyond.
Video by Recording Archaeology



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgxUcN0dVH8
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Talk: Must Farm - an extraordinary Fenland site 24th Jul 2017 by Andy B on Saturday, 24 June 2017
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Must Farm - an extraordinary Fenland site Mon 24th Jul 2017
Talk or lecture

Grahame Appleby, former Senior Research Officer, Cambridge Archaeological Unit will present this talk about a unique Late Bronze Age settlement that was featured on the TV program, "Britain's Big Dig". Must Farm has yielded one of the largest assemblages of domestic metalwork from Bronze Age Britain, including axes, sickles, guages and razors. Come and find out about more of the many remarkable discoveries at this site.

Website: http://www.fieldwalking.org.uk
Event details
Organiser: Hinckley Archaeological Society
Booking details: You do not need to book this event
Fee details: £5 per person includes the talk and complimentary tea/coffee and biscuits.
Dates and times
Mon 24th Jul 2017 07:30-09:00
Additional times information
Doors open at 7pm
Venues and locations

The Church in the Borough, United Reformed Church(Room to the rear, accessed by footpath to the RH side
of the Church), The Borough, Hinckley, Leics LE10 1NL

http://www.archaeologyfestival.org.uk/events/2767
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Latest finds at Must Farm provide a vivid picture of everyday life in the Bronze Age by bat400 on Saturday, 05 November 2016
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The range and quality of the many finds have astonished members of Cambridge Archaeological Unit and colleagues at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Division of Archaeology. The fire is thought to have happened soon after the construction of the roundhouses.

“The excellent preservation of the site is due to deposition in a water-logged environment, the exclusion of air and the lack of disturbance to the site. The timber and artefacts fell into a partly infilled river channel where they were later buried by more than two metres of peat and silt,” said Professor Charles French from the Division of Archaeology. “Surface charring of the wood and other materials also helped to preserve them.”

Now the [10 month] excavation is coming to an end, archaeologists are able to build a near complete picture of domestic life in a Bronze Age house: where activities happened, what the roof was made of, what people were wearing, and how their clothes were produced. The materials found provide evidence of farming, crafts and building technologies.

The site has revealed the largest collections in Britain of Bronze Age textiles, beads, domestic wooden artefacts (including buckets, platters, troughs, shafts and handles) and domestic metalwork (axes, sickles, hammers, spears, gouges, razors, knives and awls). It has also yielded a wide range of household items; among them are several complete ‘sets’ of storage jars, cups and bowls, some with grain and food residues still inside. Most of the pots are unbroken and are made in the same style; this too is unprecedented.

“Perhaps uniquely, we are seeing the whole repertoire of living at Must Farm – from food procurement to cooking, eating and waste and the construction and shaping of building materials,” said Professor French. “We see the full tool and weapons kits – not just items that had been lost, thrown away or deposited in an act of veneration – all in one place.”

Finds of textiles and fibres illuminate the stages of textile production, and include hanks of prepared fibre, thread wound on wooden sticks or into balls, and finished fabrics of various qualities. “The outstanding level of preservation means that we can use methods, such as scanning electron microscopy which magnifies more than 10,000 times, to look in detail at the fibre content and structure,” said Dr Margarita Gleba, an archaeologist specialising in textiles.

For more, see This is a link
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Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work by AngieLake on Thursday, 14 July 2016
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Another 'must-see' article in Daily Mail online today!
(Similar pictures to some used in their January article)
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3688341/Was-Pompeii-Fens-hub-international-trade-Finds-3-000-year-old-settlement-reveal-treasures-Middle-East.html
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    Must Farm: an extraordinary tale of the everyday by Andy B on Thursday, 28 March 2024
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    The remarkable preservation at Must Farm promised insights into day-to-day life that would revolutionise our knowledge of the late Bronze Age. As excavations at the site reach completion, it is already clear that we will never see that era in the same way again. Mark Knight, Susanna Harris, and Grahame Appleby told Matthew Symonds about life in a Bronze Age settlement.
    From Current Archaeology: the-past.com/feature/must-farm-an-extraordinary-tale-of-the-everyday/
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Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site by TheCaptain on Friday, 19 February 2016
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A complete Bronze Age wheel believed to be the largest and earliest of its kind found in the UK has been unearthed.

The 3,000-year-old artefact was found at a site dubbed "Britain's Pompeii", at Must Farm in Cambridgeshire.

Archaeologists have described the find - made close to the country's "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings" - as "unprecedented"....

Latest news from Must Farm. Bronze Age wheel found at Britains Pompeii.

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Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site: by Andy B on Tuesday, 12 January 2016
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Archaeologists have uncovered Britain's "Pompeii" after discovering the "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found" in the country.

The circular wooden houses, built on stilts, form part of a settlement at Must Farm quarry, in Cambridgeshire, and date to about 1000-800 BC.

A fire destroyed the posts, causing the houses to fall into a river where silt helped preserve the contents.

Pots with meals still inside have been found at the site. An earlier test trench at the site, near Whittlesey, revealed small cups, bowls and jars.

In addition, archaeologists said "exotic" glass beads that formed part of a necklace "hinted at a sophistication not usually associated with the Bronze Age".

Textiles made from plant fibres such as lime tree bark have also been unearthed.

However, the roundhouses themselves are now being excavated.

Archaeologists think they have found about five houses but are not yet certain.

More at BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35280290
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Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work by AngieLake on Tuesday, 12 January 2016
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A 'must-see' article on Must Farm today - (excusing the naff OTT title about Pompeii!):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3394932/Stepping-inside-Peterborough-Pompeii.html
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    Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work by Andy B on Tuesday, 12 January 2016
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    Ha Ha - yersss. For once it doesn't look like the Daily Mail's hype as the BBC are calling it the 'Peterborough Pompeii' as well. OK who out of the archaeologists gave them that idea? Come clean as we have our legendary 'like Stonehenge' trophy to award you.

    (OK I've just invented that but I think we should award these - and of course make the design of the trophy as little 'like Stonehenge' as possible. Designs welcome - but preferably available from cheap off-the-shelf sports trophy suppliers!)
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Bronze age man's lunch: a spoonful of nettle stew by bat400 on Friday, 01 February 2013
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Six boats hollowed out of oak tree trunks and a bowl of food are among hundreds of intact artefacts from 3,000 years ago that have been discovered in the Cambridgeshire fens, the Observer can reveal.

The scale, quality and condition of the objects, the largest bronze age collection ever found in one place in Britain, have astonished archaeologists – and barely a fraction of the site has been excavated.

Unique textile fragments, wicker baskets and wooden sword handles have survived. There are even containers of food, including a bowl with a wooden spoon still wedged into the contents, now analysed as nettle stew, which may have been a favourite dish in 1000BC. The boats – two of which bear unusual decoration – are in such good condition that the wood grain and colour can be seen clearly, as can signs of repairs by their owners.


David Gibson (Cambridge University, archaeological unit) said the discoveries were internationally important. "One canoe would be great. Two, exceptional. Six almost feels greedy," he said. Mark Knight, the unit's senior project officer, added: "We talk about bronze age landscapes and it always feels as if we're looking through a very narrow window, with the curtains partly drawn or slightly misted over. Now it's as though someone's opened the windows and we're seeing so much more."

The artefacts survived because they were immersed in deep layers of peat and silt. When those layers are lifted off, "the objects are so pristine", Knight said, "it's as if 3,000 years never happened. The softest, wettest deposits ensured that past activity has been cosseted."

The artefacts were submerged under an ancient watercourse along the southern edge of the Flag Fen Basin, land altered over millennia by rising sea levels.

The excavation, which is likely to continue for years, has been made possible thanks to Hanson, a bricks and cement supplier. Under planning regulations, the company is obliged to fund archaeological digs, but it has been especially helpful, say the archaeologists.

Along the 150-metre stretch of a bronze age river channel, they have found the best preserved example of prehistoric river life. There are weirs and fish traps, plus fragments of garments with ornamental hems made from fibrous bark and jewellery, including green and blue beads. Finds of metalwork include bronze swords and spears, some apparently tossed into the river in perfect condition, possibly as votive offerings.

The finds reveal how, with the rise in water levels in the bronze age, people adapted to a wetland environment, using rivers for transport, living off pike, perch, carp and eel. How far they could travel in the log boats is unclear. Although the boats were unlikely to have been used at sea, one of the bronze age swords is of a type normally found in northern Spain.

Once removed from the fenland, the artefacts must be conserved before eventual public display. Knight said: "Often at an excavation, it takes much imagination for it to become apparent. This site doesn't need that. It's intact. It feels as if we've actually caught up the [bronze age] people. It feels like we're there."


Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/04/bronze-age-archaeology-fenland
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Must Farm Bronze Age site: The finds by bat400 on Friday, 01 February 2013
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Over three thousand years ago the inhabitants of a small southeast fenland community were skilled boat builders, enjoyed fishing, and practised a method of eel trapping still in use today in East Anglia.

Mark Knight, senior project officer for Cambridge Archaeological Unit, said: “It’s archaeology like it’s never been preserved before.”

The incredibly detailed picture of Bronze Age life discovered on the River Nene, at Must Farm quarry, Whittlesey, has everything from well preserved boats, spears and swords to clothing and jewellery as well as carved bowls and pots still full of food, making it one of the most significant sites of its kind ever found in Britain.

Continuing the gallery of images of the fragile remains (see also Part I), Past Horizons has put together a series of photographs featuring the finds, both in-situ and back at base. The images were taken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit photographer Dave Webb as part of the archaeological record.

Thanks to coldrum for the link [No longer can be accessed.]
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Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work by bat400 on Friday, 01 February 2013
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Over three thousand years ago the inhabitants of a small southeast fenland community were skilled boat builders, enjoyed fishing, and practised a method of eel trapping still in use today in East Anglia.

Mark Knight, senior project officer for Cambridge Archaeological Unit, said: “It’s archaeology like it’s never been preserved before.”

The incredibly detailed picture of Bronze Age life discovered on the River Nene, at Must Farm quarry, Whittlesey, has everything from well preserved boats, spears and swords to clothing and jewellery as well as carved bowls and pots still full of food, making it one of the most significant sites of its kind ever found in Britain.

To celebrate the archaeologists who worked on this exciting excavation, uncovering the fragile remains for further conservation and future study, Past Horizons has put together a series of photographs featuring them at work on-site. The images were taken by Cambridge Archaeological Unit photographer Dave Webb as part of the archaeological record.

Source: The 2013 article at Past Horizons can no longer be accessed. Here is a link to a more recent article with photographs of the excavations. http://www.pasthorizonspr.com.
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    Re: Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work by RantonUFO on Thursday, 14 January 2016
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    Ay up, could an updated link be posted please? This one doesn't work and I would like to see these images.🤓
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