Some works in England uncover a large commercial city from Roman era

First an extensive Roman road appeared up to 10 meters wide.And following their track through Northambtanshire (England), archaeologists saw that the road crossed a vast commercial settlement of the Roman era where they found dozens of artifacts, including more than 300 coins.

A team of up to 80 researchers has been working for the last 12 months on the site, a town of the Iron Age that eventually became a rich Roman commercial city.Although there were already indications of the site since the 18th century, it has been the construction of the High Speed HS2 rail line between London and Wigan that has uncovered a space that has exceeded all expectations.

Northampthonshire

The settlement is known by the name of Blackgrounds on the black floor of the place

The settlement is known by the name of Blackgrounds on the black floor of the place.In full iron, the site was formed by more than 30 circular houses next to a path of the same era.But the excavations have allowed to discover that the people expanded over the years until a prosperous site during the Roman Empire's domain, when new stone buildings were built and SA opened emerging commercial routes.

Experts believe that there is most likely that there was a "Romanization" of local inhabitants, who adapted to a new way of life and adopted both customs and products and Roman construction techniques.

Crossing the settlement there is a Roman road of 10 meters wide that is exceptional due to its size.Archaeologists point out that the existence of this huge route indicates that the place was very busy, with great traffic for the carts that went and went simultaneously to load and download merchandise.

It is likely that the wealth of the settlement has been based on trade, both from the nearly Cherwell River and through the Roman road.More than 300 Roman coins have been recovered, which makes an important commercial volume through this area.

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The site design suggests that the settlement was divided into different areas, with domestic and more industrial areas.At its peak during the Roman era, Blackgrounds would have been a bustling and busy town, as the workshops, ovens and several beautifully preserved workshops show that have been discovered.

The wealth of the inhabitants of the settlement can also be verified through other findings, in addition to the coins, which include glass vessels, highly decorated ceramics, jewelry and even evidence of makeup (there were traces of galena, a mineral of the group of the group of the group of thesulphides that was crushed and mixed with oil to use as makeup).

Blackgrounds is one of the more than 100 archaeological sites that the company in charge of the construction of HS2 has examined since 2018 between London and Birmingham."We have made some unprecedented discoveries," acknowledges Mike Court, the head of the Researchers team.