Mystery skeleton mystifies archaeologists

[msraggedyaint]

did they have a disease buried so deep?

[dougfromsm]

spartan child

[barvaraguaimaran]

yea, i think all you people are righ.

[bbigffish]

Look closely people he is front of a green screen !! Pretty tricky!!

[pavellujardo]

Here is my theory: They were a group of people (maybe a family) with some kind of disease. The villagers drove them out of the town (and possibly even killed them) out of superstition and fear of contagion. For that same reason, the bodies were hastily discarded in a trench or hole without the proper burial rites.

People with a deformity or medical condition were some times shunned, feared and even subject of violence in the past. Of course, only a mode detailed study of the bones would say.

[KaylinJH]

@pavellujardo good try but they didn't know germs existed they had no idea how people got sick back then

[CapnDumpsterDiver]

@KaylinJH an what if there wasn't??? I believe at one point in prehistory human's were perfectly suited an disease free. Why is it we have over 6k defects in our dna? Evolving people's mingled, an well you know the rest!

[MrLeodis202]

@pavellujardo I think you're right.

[Daveyboyroy]

Geofizz! Geofizz!!

[ianww8]

@Daveyboyroy Bit late for that Dave! Geo phys is for pre-dig investigations m8!

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[flipstylez18]

I have a question. At what point is it acceptable to dig up a cemetery? 

[WizzleThump]

@flipstylez18 whenever one feels like it as long as most of the bones are returned to the ground. Or at least that seems to be the rule of thumb.

[inthepurelight]

@flipstylez18 at any time that the passage of time is such that it's no longer remembered as such.

[thoostorm4]

@flipstylez18 when its dark

[entity623]

@flipstylez18 2000 years or so apparently

[Honestinwilkesbarre]

@flipstylez18 When it's of archeological interest. When does it become legal, or morally acceptable seems to be your question And it's a good one! Here in the U.S., they'll declare a 200 year old cemetery an archeological dig site and no one is bothered by it. Yet if you dig a 200 year old section of a cemetery still in use, everyone gets all up in arms.

[goodcomps]

@flipstylez18 when there is monetary value in it - sarcasm intended

[MrApostleLee]

@flipstylez18

And your point would be?

[Reneelwaring]

@flipstylez18 Most laws say 20 years after the last buriel.

[ianww8]

@flipstylez18 The issue depends on the country. Some religeous or ethnic groups have a no dig policy. In the UK, the issue is regluated by the Human Tissue Act1994. As this particular dig in in England, you could go to 'English Heritage' to see their guidelines for Christian burials - similar procedures will apply in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the Act also applies of course. I tried posting links here for your convenience, but I'm not allowed to do that it seems.

[ianww8]

@flipstylez18 The issue depends on the country. Some religious or ethnic groups have a strict no dig policy. In the UK, the issue is regulated by the Human Tissue Act 1994. As this particular dig in in England, you could go to 'English Heritage' to see their guidelines for Christian burials - similar procedures will apply in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the Act also applies of course. I tried posting links here for your convenience, but I'm not allowed to do that it seems.

[zeke64333]

@flipstylez18 FOAR SCIENCE!!

[dannon2010]

@zeke64333 "Foar"? lord have mercy...

[labyonnette]

@flipstylez18 When something can be learned that will help future humans including filling in gaps in our past., If you are worried remember they are just bones left behind when the soul has departed

[labyonnette]

@flipstylez18 When something can be learned that will help future humans including filling in gaps in our past., If you are worried remember they are just bones left behind when the soul has departed

[hobofuture]

@flipstylez18 When there is a need to do so?

[acerb45666555]

very interesting.

[Cayapas]

Ok, i try again...When the tradition is not ususally used by a nation, need to look for an other nation that usually used this positioning.

Do the bodies placed on their side in a circle shaped whole?

I worked in an archeologycal dig of an cemetry of Avars (Hungarian tribe), they used the same positioning....Did you find sthg "saman-is" and/or objects with any carving?

[Cayapas]

Ok, i try again...When the tradition is not ususally used by a nation, need to look for an other nation that usually used this positioning.

Do the bodies placed on their side in a circle shaped whole?

I worked in an archeologycal dig of an cemetry of Avars (Hungarian tribe), they used the same positioning....

[Cayapas]

When the tradition is not ususal of a tribe, need to look for an other tribe that usually used this positioning.

[Cayapas]

Are they lying on their side in a circle shaped whole?

I worked in an archeologycal dig of an cemetry of Avars (Hungarian tribe)

[Cayapas]

Are they lying on their side in a circle shaped whole?

I worked in an archeologycal dig of the cemetry of Avars (hungarian tribe)

[workman24]

Was there any sign of the causes of death?

[PrimordiumAlphaOE]

my computer wont play past 49 seconds. what was it all about? or could you re-post it.