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Fen

Episode 2 of 10

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores traces of the past in the British landscape. She delves into the peat of the Fens to unearth long-lost signs of time and change.

Archaeologist and artist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history in different landscapes around the British Isles. In 'Fen' she is at Must Farm in, near Peterborough, where close attention to the changes in the peat shows how we responded to environmental change in the Bronze Age. It was a time when rising sea levels drove inhabitants to seek higher ground.

Rose uses the lens of archaeology to reveal our impacts on the world. In EarthWorks she helps us see ourselves within previous patterns of change. Archaeology, we hear, is about imagination, with layers of time revealing people and their stories folded into the earth. At a time of considerable uncertainty about our future, could understanding our past interactions with the environment help us respond and adapt to whatever comes next?

Image: 'Dark Peak' by Rose Ferraby
Produced by Mark Smalley
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Tue 4 Jun 2024 21:45

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