Discoveries at Must Farm Bronze Age Settlement
Michael Bamforth

• Monday 12 June 2017, 7.40PM to 8.20pm
• Free admission
  Booking required
• K/133, King's Manor, Exhibition Square (map)
• No wheelchair access

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A recent 10-month excavation by Cambridge Archaeological Unit, funded by Historic England and Forterra, provided a rare window back in time to a Bronze Age stilted settlement in the Cambridgeshire fens. The settlement consisted of several roundhouses supported on piles above a river channel, surrounded by a high wooden palisade. The effects of a catastrophic fire that destroyed the settlement 3000 years ago, combined with waterlogged burial conditions, have led to the survival of several roundhouses and hundreds of unique artefacts.

Join field archaeologist Michael Bamforth to learn about the rare and exciting finds. These include pottery bowls containing the burnt remains of meals, the most intact Bronze Age wheel discovered in the UK and incredibly rare Bronze Age textiles. These add to previous finds from the site including eight prehistoric log boats, swords and spears. Together, the finds provide a glimpse into the everyday life of the people who lived in this landscape 3000 years ago, and their trading links to the continent.

About the speaker

Michael Bamforth is a field archaeologist and ancient wood specialist. A Research Associate with the University of York, he has been working with the team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit for a decade in the wider Must Farm landscape.

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