An excavation in Suffolk, UK, revealed a Late Bronze Age settlement dating back 3,000 years amid ongoing highway construction. Archaeologists found 18 burials, structural remains, and various artifacts. The site, linked to the agricultural practices of the era, suggests a mixed economy involving cereal production and cattle breeding. Key findings included cremation urns, pottery, and a flint quern. The excavation was led by Oxford Archaeology and involved collaboration with several archaeological services, highlighting the site's historic significance regarding early human settlement patterns along the River Gipping.
"Intensive Late Bronze Age activity at Europa Way was located on the glacial outwash gravels, which outcrop on the lower slopes of the northern side of the valley of the River Gipping."
"This evidence indicates a settlement with a mixed agricultural economy including cereal production, and breeding and raising cattle."
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