UM-Bot Posted February 3, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of over 40 skeletons in shallow graves at a building site in England. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334293/mystery-as-skeletons-found-with-hands-tied 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted February 3, 2020 #2 Share Posted February 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, UM-Bot said: Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of over 40 skeletons in shallow graves at a building site in England. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334293/mystery-as-skeletons-found-with-hands-tied I have a question, how do they know for certain that their hands were tied, they state the bodies were in the ground for many years. Anything they would have been tied with would have deteriorated so how can they know for sure? Peace 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted February 3, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Manwon Lender said: I have a question, how do they know for certain that their hands were tied, they state the bodies were in the ground for many years. Anything they would have been tied with would have deteriorated so how can they know for sure? Peace Position of wrists and soil staining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted February 3, 2020 #4 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Piney said: Position of wrists and soil staining. I am still confused, how much soil staining would be left since they suspect the graves were from Norman times Wouldn't the arm bones just fall to the sides of corpse during decomposition and settling over 700 or 800 years? Peace Edited February 3, 2020 by Manwon Lender 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted February 3, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Manwon Lender said: I am still confused, how much soil staining would be left since they suspect the graves were from Norman times Wouldn't the arm bones just fall to the sides of corpse during decomposition and settling over 700 or 800 years? Peace Not if they were buried. They would stay in-situ. Dating hasn't been done yet. The bodies could be from the slaughter of the Danes, William's handling of Saxon upstarts or the Civil War. In any case they were always buried in a pit so nobody had to smell them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted February 3, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Piney said: Not if they were buried. They would stay in-situ. Dating hasn't been done yet. The bodies could be from the slaughter of the Danes, William's handling of Saxon upstarts or the Civil War. In any case they were always buried in a pit so nobody had to smell them. Cool, thanks Peace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted February 4, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It reminds me of the mass grave found in Dorset a few years back containing 50 Viking skeletons, probably a captured raiding party, though they'd all had their heads hacked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanc241 Posted February 4, 2020 #8 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Execution cemeteries are well known for Saxon England. Wouldn�t be surprised if they found post holes for gallows and giblets. These places usually lay on the borders of what we might now call parishes. As far from the village as possible without going into another 'parish'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanc241 Posted February 4, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Sorry, double post. Edited February 4, 2020 by Susanc241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbondo Posted February 5, 2020 #10 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I'm going with gallows criminals. Makes sense that they'd be buried in the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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