event · evt_bi_flag_fen_construction_and_maintenance
Flag Fen timber complex construction and maintenance
A timber post alignment and platform were built, maintained and associated with repeated deposition in the Flag Fen Basin.
What is the evidence?
observation
A timber post alignment and platform were built, maintained and associated with repeated deposition in the Flag Fen Basin.observed evidence
A timber post alignment and platform were built, maintained and associated with repeated deposition in the Flag Fen Basin.The long sequence is better understood as changing wetland practice than as one short crisis response. The meaning of individual deposits remains contextual and contested.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1300 BCE–950 BCE
Precision: multi phase range
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
highPositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. The long sequence is better understood as changing wetland practice than as one short crisis response. The meaning of individual deposits remains contextual and contested.
- supports · dates
The Flag Fen Bronze Age timber alignment: an interim report — Francis Pryor, Charles French, Maisie Taylor, John Barrett, Simon Halliday (1986)Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
Locator: Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections - supports · dates
The Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement — Mark Knight, Rachel Ballantyne, Iona Robinson Zeki, David Gibson (2019)Publishes the exceptional Must Farm pile settlement, its earlier channel structures and the Flag Fen Basin palaeolandscape.
Locator: Abstract; palaeolandscape; earlier channel activity; discussion; conclusions; Figure 2
Interpretation and caveats
The long sequence is better understood as changing wetland practice than as one short crisis response. The meaning of individual deposits remains contextual and contested.
Event context
Classification
Event type: wetland monument construction and deposition
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Flag Fen, Southern and eastern England archaeological search region
Affected entities: Flag Fen, Southern and eastern England archaeological search region
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional-core event addresses wetland monumental practice, deposition and long continuity across 1200 BCE.
Research notes
- Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections.
- Publishes the exceptional Must Farm pile settlement, its earlier channel structures and the Flag Fen Basin palaeolandscape. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Abstract; palaeolandscape; earlier channel activity; discussion; conclusions; Figure 2.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides evidence and date
The Flag Fen Bronze Age timber alignment: an interim report — Francis Pryor, Charles French, Maisie Taylor, John Barrett, Simon Halliday (1986)Reports the timber alignment and depositional complex at Flag Fen.
Locator: Site description; dating; finds and interpretation sections - supports · provides evidence and date
The Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement — Mark Knight, Rachel Ballantyne, Iona Robinson Zeki, David Gibson (2019)Publishes the exceptional Must Farm pile settlement, its earlier channel structures and the Flag Fen Basin palaeolandscape.
Locator: Abstract; palaeolandscape; earlier channel activity; discussion; conclusions; Figure 2
Referenced records
- Southern and eastern England archaeological search region · entity
- Flag Fen · entity