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Low Hauxley: The Bronze Age
Archaeologists define the period between about 2000BC and 800BC as the Bronze Age, although the introduction of
bronze probably had little to do with the social and economic changes that characterised it.
It was a time of increasing deforestation, much of which was probably associated with pastoralism, but the presence
of field plots associated with some settlements indicate that cultivation was starting to play an important role. As
the landscape became increasingly settled, there is clear evidence for occupation moving into the uplands.
While some evidence of early houses can still be seen in the uplands, any evidence of Bronze Age settlement on the
Northumberland coastal plain has been damaged or destroyed by two millennia of farming. This period saw a greater
emphasis on individual mortuary rites and with it a proliferation of small burial mounds, such as that seen at Low
Hauxley.
Learn more about the Bronze Age environment and Bronze Age burials.
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