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Multiple burialSite: Flixton, Suffolk. Brief description: A surprise find in August 2001, this group of skeletons is still being excavated at the time of writing. At the moment, four skeletons can be seen lying in a pile at the base of a shallow grave which cut into a much larger pit. The pit can be dated to the Roman period on pottery evidence, and the grave too contains Roman pottery. However, since this is clearly redeposited from the surrounding feature, all that can be said at present is that these individuals were buried either in the Roman period or later. Early analysis suggests that the group consists of a sub-adult of about 12-14 years (top layer), a young adult female (second layer, head to the opposite end), an adult male (third layer), and another adult, possibly female (bottom layer). This is an unusual form of burial. There is no disturbance which would suggest re-use of a known grave for later interments, so it must be concluded that these people all died within a short time of one another. Possibly the bones themselves will reveal evidence for their causes of death, if this was violent and sudden. Further readingNothing published yet AcknowledgementsThe excavation is being funded by RMC Aggregates (Eastern Counties) Ltd. Sue Anderson, © 2001. |
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