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Mass grave in London.......
« Thread Started on Aug 6, 2012, 12:15am »

..... reveals how volcano caused global catastrophe

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/05....aves?CMP=twt_fd

An interesting theory and poses 'what if' questions for now,

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« Reply #1 on Aug 6, 2012, 1:29am »

Thanks Matov, that's an interesting one.

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« Reply #2 on Aug 6, 2012, 11:19am »

It is is'nt ?

The only caution I would urge is that there can sometimes be a tendancy for archeologists to somewhat add some flourishes in terms of theorys, especially when it comes to discoverys in London.

You need to understand that the City is always been dug up and built on (at times its like a giant building site) and that developers have to abide by quite strict disclosure rules when it comes to finds of historical interest. But time is also money so there is pressure for anything to researched quickly and then let the builders back on the job so its not unknown for a juicy theory to be put out in an attempt to gain a little more time. Developers have to play all nice and so it can be a little game.

I can remember one case in which a lot of fuss was made about the discovery of a lead coffin from about the 4th century that was found during just the sort of building work I am talking about. The 'fuss' centred on the fact that the coffin was discovered laying east to west (standard Christian pattern) but was heavily decorated with sea-shells and the like which caused a debate to be had about whether this was an example of a family trying to stay true to their pagan roots whilst having to obey the relatively new Christian convention and so on. Throw in the fact that the person buried in the coffin was a young woman of obviously 'high' status and the whole thing became rather a heated affair in London which also gave the boffins a lot longer on the discovery than they would normally get.

By pure chance I happened to know a lady who is a forensic archeologist (specialises in just such things) and I asked her opinion, expecting a long and complex explanation. Instead she just told me that it was probably because somebody, maybe the daughters of the lady concerned, wanted to make their mums coffin look pretty.

Which made me both sad and happy at the same time

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