October
28
/ 2013
Archaeologists investigating a site in Northern England have discovered a prehistoric wetland which was a hive of human activity at least 6,500 years ago during the Neolithic period. The site in Bamburgh, Northumberland, normally consists of wet pasture but a particularly dry summer gave archaeologists the chance to see what lay beneath. The Bamburgh Research Project led to the discovery of a 6,500-year-old wooden paddle, sitting on a brushwood platform next to a burnt mound where piles of stones had been heated by fire. The purpose of the paddle and stones are still a mystery but researchers have suggested that the heated stones could have been used for a number of activities including, cooking, brewing, tanning, metal extraction, canoe making
