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Bronze Age settlement is ‘magnificent time capsule of a site’, archaeologist says

A prehistoric settlement called Peterborough Pompeii was occupied for less than a year and then burned, leaving behind scores of well-preserved artifacts, an archaeologist has said. Chris Wakefield, of the Cambridge Archaeological Unit, said 50 to 60 people potentially lived at the Bronze Age farm, which consisted of about 10 circular wooden houses on stilts… Read More »