01-23-2022, 08:33 PM
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-roma...cavated-uk
Archaeologists have uncovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of an Iron Age village that grew into a bustling ancient Roman trading town — an archaeological gem with more than 300 Roman coins, glass vessels and water wells — in what is now the district of South Northamptonshire, England in the United Kingdom.
The ancient hotspot — known as Blackgrounds for its black soil — has an abundance of ancient artifacts and structures spanning different time periods, including depictions of deities and Roman game pieces, according to about 80 archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) Headland Infrastructure, who spent the past year excavating the site ahead of the construction of HS2, a new high speed railway.
"What you would see is a whole hive of activity, people doing different things — people living, people working and people trading as well," James West, MOLA site manager, said in a video.
Wow... apparently, this town has been known since the 18th century, but it's only now that anybody's bothered to excavate it. And it's very well-preserved, with lots of surviving artefacts!
Say what you will about whether HS2 itself makes economic sense - but, you can't deny that it's generating a wealth of interesting archaeological finds
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Archaeologists have uncovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of an Iron Age village that grew into a bustling ancient Roman trading town — an archaeological gem with more than 300 Roman coins, glass vessels and water wells — in what is now the district of South Northamptonshire, England in the United Kingdom.
The ancient hotspot — known as Blackgrounds for its black soil — has an abundance of ancient artifacts and structures spanning different time periods, including depictions of deities and Roman game pieces, according to about 80 archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) Headland Infrastructure, who spent the past year excavating the site ahead of the construction of HS2, a new high speed railway.
"What you would see is a whole hive of activity, people doing different things — people living, people working and people trading as well," James West, MOLA site manager, said in a video.
Wow... apparently, this town has been known since the 18th century, but it's only now that anybody's bothered to excavate it. And it's very well-preserved, with lots of surviving artefacts!
Say what you will about whether HS2 itself makes economic sense - but, you can't deny that it's generating a wealth of interesting archaeological finds
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