The Mysterious Bronze Age Mummies Made Up Of Multiple Skeletons | Digging For Britain

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• JA

  @jamesbingham4538 · 2 years ago

  Dr. Henry Chapman! Congratulations Sir

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• ER

  @Ericsaidful · 2 years ago

  Alice does it again. Beautiful.

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  @1972tommyc · 2 years ago

  Henry Chapman sounding a bit like Francis Pryor…love it👍😊

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• JE

  @jennytheratbry4624 · 2 years ago

  Our Henry! Good to see another TT alum.

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  @theeddorian · 2 years ago (edited)

  Burying the bodies in peat is no explanation of peculiar assembling. &nbsp;If the buried bones were, indeed, in a tightly flexed position, then there is an enormous problem with why they were, in fact, mixed up. &nbsp;Assuming the archaeological crew are not the ones who scrambled the bones around, then interments were constructed - by the people who buried the bones, to appear as single skeletons, laid in an individual grave. &nbsp;That raises a lot of questions. &nbsp;I have worked at interment sites where burials were taking place more rapidly than previous interments decaying, and the earlier fragments were simply dropped into the grave pit after the new occupant was placed and any ceremony conducted. &nbsp;The older bones, sometimes still partially articulated, were dropped into the grave pit fill. &nbsp;That can create puzzles as you try to reassemble skeletons - <i>and</i> serious acculturation problems for descendants monitoring the work encounter a reality their oral histories have never included. &nbsp;This is an entirely different class of strange, even compared to some Tibetan customs, or Native American platform burials employed by some Rocky Mountain societies. &nbsp;The mussel shells may also have been an instrument like a rattle, which were widely used in prehistory all over the globe.<br><br>The Iron Age posts might, in addition, or in addition to &quot;making a statement&quot;, have marked a safe path through a wet land, even when the track submerged by flooding. &nbsp;It is a curious reality of archaeology that nearly all actions that people take, individually or collectively, &quot;make sense&quot; in several different dimensions, often ritually, socially, and economically, all at one time. &nbsp;The inclusion of &quot;grave goods&quot; in a burial, in addition to sentimentally sending gear and valuables along to the afterlife with the dead, also maintains or enhances the economic value of examples remaining above ground, regardless of whether we are finding tools, weapons, decorative items, or even evidence of storeable foods.

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• GL

  @GlennJ1881 · 2 years ago

  Alice could talk about stamp collecting and I&apos;d still watch it.

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• EL

  @elizabethfairlie8296 · 2 years ago

  Yes. I think she is wonderful and really inteligent. So much respect for her and all she does. She has a knack of taking complex information and making it accessible

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  @MrTorleon · 2 years ago

  Well, another outstanding and rewarding episode, and presented by the equally outstanding and brilliant Prof Alice Roberts. I feel some genuine regret that I am retired to the far side of the planet, but through the internet I can remain fully informed regarding the important archeological finds, and keep up to date with the latest research, with the consequent adjustments to our understanding of pre-history Britain.<br>Amusingly, I recall one or two of these discoveries being made, as one of my past colleagues and ardent archeologist would hurtle into my rooms, excited to share the news of the absolute latest find from some very muddy dig :) <br>We are very fortunate indeed that this fabulous series continues to be uploaded to YouTube - thank you !!!!!!!

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  @tassia1954 · 2 years ago

  My grandmother had such a flour grinder the handle of the upper piece was wooden .I remember my mother grinding flour and rice.Although we had mills for a large quantity in the area people still used the stone mills in their house.Now all those items are in the traditional museum.In old times people kept their tools and utensils!And use them!I come from Greece and I am 68 !Thanks for your work and reminding me of my grandmother!

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  @Summerrose400 · 2 years ago

  Brilliant series by amazing archaeologists and professors. Well done

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• KI

  @kingjsolomon · 2 years ago

  I love her necklace 🌀

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  @maeve4686 · 2 years ago

  I think the iron punch (spike) could have been used for making horseshoes as well. The end of it looks proper for making holes for nails for application.

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