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Well done, Wessex. That’s some nice diggin’.

archeo-zine:

Cliffs End Farm - skeleton of an old man by Wessex Archaeology on Flickr.
Via Flickr: Five skeletons were found in a Late Bronze Age pit, this one appears to be pointing towards the centre of a large horshoe ditch which was the focus of ceremonies. There is a piece of chalk in his left hand. To find out more about the excavation site at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, visit www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ramsgate/cliffs_end/

Well done, Wessex. That’s some nice diggin’.

archeo-zine:

Cliffs End Farm - skeleton of an old man by Wessex Archaeology on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Five skeletons were found in a Late Bronze Age pit, this one appears to be pointing towards the centre of a large horshoe ditch which was the focus of ceremonies.
There is a piece of chalk in his left hand.
To find out more about the excavation site at Cliffs End Farm, Ramsgate, visit www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ramsgate/cliffs_end/

bones archaeology skeleton osteology burial
rocks-n-bones:

Iron Age horse burial, Britain
archaeology osteology mammalian skeleton burial britain