HISTORY
Massive Anglo-Saxon cemetery and treasure trove unearthed
Words by Harry Baker
Anglo-Saxon textiles became mineralised due to close proximity to a metal brooch
Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA)
A massive Anglo-Saxon burial site has been uncovered in Northamptonshire in the UK. Nearby, archaeologists also discovered a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age burial site. The archaeologists uncovered a total of 154 Anglo-Saxon burials, dating back around 1,500 years, holding nearly 3,000 objects ranging from weapons to jewellery. A nearby Anglo-Saxon settlement also held 42 structures that were approximately 1,500 years old. The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for about 600 years, from about 410 to 1066 CE, when migrants settled in England, so the new discovery would have dated to the early part of that period.