Britain's 'Pompeii': UK's Largest Bronze Age Find
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This page contains, among several things, pictures and plans of the excavation area, sketches of metalwork, photos of various artefacts, etc. Quoting from their page:
> Alternatively, the presence of weapons, such as swords and spears, and shields during the Late Bronze Age suggests that conflict was an aspect of society at this time. Swords and spears were found at Must Farm, the settlement was built in a defensible location over water with a palisade of sharpened stakes surrounding it. Could it be that the settlement was burnt down in an act of aggression? However, a lack of human remains from the site suggests none of its occupants died during the fire, could they have been driven away?
> Ultimately, despite the incredible preservation at Must Farm, the cause of the site’s destruction is likely to remain elusive.
If we call this 'Pompeii' because a settlement burnt down, then there are many Pompeii,
"In the archaeology of Neolithic Europe, the burned house horizon is the geographical extent of the phenomenon of presumably intentionally burned settlements. "
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned_house_horizon
Overall this reduces trust in science further.
Everybody chases funding. Such is life.
Most of the funding is a scam. Governments announce funding, people relabel their work to fit the funding requirements to get money. Next wave of funding is announced, researches relabel the same work to get into the new funding.
It was a field that was rumoured to be haunted. Archeologists examined it and discovered a round defensive iron-age settlement that had been razed.
All the inhabitants were found killed in their houses and left with their artifacts. In their mouths were coins to pay the ferryman, but too little, as though condemning the killed to limbo.