The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: Sanguine on June 15, 2019, 06:16:14 pm
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Must Farm, an extraordinarily well-preserved Late Bronze Age settlement in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England, drew attention in national and international media in 2016 as 'Britain's Pompeii' or the 'Pompeii of the Fens'. The major excavation was funded by Historic England and Forterra Building Products Ltd, which owns the Must Farm quarry.
Now for the first time, published today in Antiquity, archaeologists from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit present a definitive timeframe to Must Farm's occupation and destruction.
Site Director Mark Knight says, "It is likely that the settlement existed for only one year prior to its destruction in a catastrophic fire. The short history of Must Farm, combined with the excellent preservation of the settlement, means that we have an unparalleled opportunity to explore the daily life of its inhabitants."
Living in the Fens...
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uoc-tsl061019.php (https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uoc-tsl061019.php)
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Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3pIcINYdAI#)
Similar site, near Zurich.
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shvGOCN9LXo#)
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@sneakypete, @roamer_1 Are y'all getting notifications on this category now?
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@sneakypete, @roamer_1 Are y'all getting notifications on this category now?
@Sanguine
No, but then, I didn't have the cat set to notify me till today (just now).
The only cat notify I had before now was the Intellectual Dark Web... To be honest, I never knew there was an Archaeology category :shrug:
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@sneakypete, @roamer_1 Are y'all getting notifications on this category now?
Nope. Not me,anyhow.
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Nope. Not me,anyhow.
Pete, did you push the "notify" button?
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Pete, did you push the "notify" button?
@Sanguine
Nope. Couldn't. Have chemo brain. Forgot all about it 30 seconds later.
BTW,with ping lists you never have to remember anything but your screen name and password. New posts that are replies to you,as well as new posts to subject you are subscribed to just pop up on your screen.
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@Sanguine
Nope. Couldn't. Have chemo brain. Forgot all about it 30 seconds later.
BTW,with ping lists you never have to remember anything but your screen name and password. New posts that are replies to you,as well as new posts to subject you are subscribed to just pop up on your screen.
Well, sorry then I can't help. Spent about an hour posting all of that stuff. :shrug:
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Well, sorry then I can't help. Spent about an hour posting all of that stuff. :shrug:
@Sanguine
Sorry about that,but I am sure someone else must have benefited from it. I have the attention span of a flea these days.