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Archaeologists Discover a 'High-End' Blacksmith's Iron Age Workshop
The smithy isn’t the first significant find unearthed at Wittenham Clumps. Other Iron Age buildings—a cluster of roundhouses and a pantry—have been found at the site, as well as a Roman ...
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Iron Age societies were more progressive than most, including modern times
New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and political power.
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A Fire Destroyed A Prehistoric Building In Spain 2,200 Years Ago, But The Waste Actually Helped Preserve Many Iron Age Archaeological Remains
The building is located at Tossal de Baltarga, a hillfort complex from the Iron Age that sits in the eastern Pyrenees mountains of Spain. The fire laid waste to the building and the surrounding ...
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We are building an Iron Age village by hand
Nellie Wilson works part-time weaving together hazel branches to build the walls and roof of a replica Iron Age roundhouse. It is like basket weaving on a grand scale. At times Nellie has to climb ...
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Iron Age: How Wales was ruled from hillforts pre-Romans
Toby Driver Iron Age forts often defended "vibrant villages ... with "sophisticated timber buildings" atop imposing stone hillforts that projected power over defended farms in the valleys ...