Sophistication of Bronze Age settlement revealed

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Katy Prickett
BBC News, Suffolk

The residents of a newly revealed Bronze Age farm were "very sophisticated" and not "living in squalor", an archaeologist said.

Chris Thatcher said there was "an exciting level of preservation" about finds made on the 3,000-year-old settlement unearthed in Ipswich.

On Wednesday, Suffolk County Council announced the discovery of a cremation cemetery with 18 burials, "substantial" pottery items and two roundhouses.

Thanks to carbon dating, experts know the settlement lasted at least 400 years.

"This means many generations of people were living within that landscape," the Oxford Archaeology senior project manager continued.

"We can also see shifting cultural practices and that's why sites like this, with a decent block of evidence that we can confidently date, are so significant."

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