Eight amazingly preserved boats were hailed as the opening of the most weighty than the ship Mary Rose in the aftermath of how they dug out of the silty river. Boats, the largest of which reaches 8.5 meters in length, is thought to have been used to ferry goods and passengers across the marshes within 3500 years ago.
It was at this point they are stored for future research will also be a tourist attraction by using the same methods that saved the ship Mary Rose from spilling.
Boats Bronze Age have been discovered in the past, though they have never had so many in one place. Archaeologists said the actual discovery ensures an extraordinary view of not only the technology of building boats and products Bronze Age, although among other things reveals the probability to look at how human ingenuity has allowed a changing environment.
Within 4,000 years ago, sea level rise caused the flooding of large areas of territory previously dried Peterborough and then east, thence land turned into wetlands. People living in the region are faced with changing terrain, but archaeologists say the boats and other artifacts found in the region, demonstrating that the local adapted quickly. Each of the boats was carved from a tree trunk holistic: oak and alder.
