Iron Age settlements
Early metalworking communities
Iron Age settlements are the remains of communities from the period when iron became the dominant metal for tools and weapons, roughly 1200 BCE to 500 CE depending on region.
These archaeological sites reveal how people organized villages, built fortifications, and developed early urban centers.
The term appears in historical and archaeological contexts: Iron Age settlements in Britain often featured hillforts, Excavations uncovered Iron Age settlements along the river valley.
- roundhousesSweeping circular strikes
- post holesNarrow ground cavities for uprights
- thatched roofsBundled reed house coverings
- hillfortsFortified hilltop enclosures
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
agriculture · grain storage · ramparts · burial rites · earthworks · iron smelting · ditches · tribal governance · granaries · wheelhouses · trade networks · duns · farmsteads · metallurgy · bronze tools · villages · enclosures · thatch
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