Lost Soundscapes: Iron Age Somerset

(Full Attributions are listed at the end of this video) During the late Iron Age, the Somerset Levels was a vast wetland spanning approximately 160, 000 acres; a mosaic of open shallow water, wet woodland, reed swamp and sedge fen. This extensive ecosystem supported a unique assemblage of species that did not wholly prevail into the modern era. Archaeological excavations at the lake villages of Glastonbury and Meare in Somerset revealed bones of several bird and mammal species hunted and eaten by the loca